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The Poll Stream

Polling swelled from a trickle to 132 polls in its busiest week; 76% of this year's polls from January 5 on were independent

For every week from January 5, 2026 to the week of October 26, the stream shows the number of Senate, governor and House polls that finished fieldwork, split by who paid for them; the stream widens with the volume.

Data as of the latest poll fieldwork date, November 1, 2026.

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IndependentSponsored by a partisan groupA campaign's own poll50 polls a weekJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct132 polls, week of Oct 19

How to read it. The stream's thickness each week is the number of polls; the layers show who paid.

Source. FutureBallot poll archive (the polls listed on /polls), general-election questions, by the last day of fieldwork; a poll of several races counts once. Drawn November 2, 2026, 6:10 AM Pacific.

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