Polls · the year

The Polling Calendar

61% of this year's 1,253 polls finished on or after Labor Day; one of the busiest days was October 1, when twenty-eight polls finished

Each day from January 1, 2026 to November 1 is a square, darker when more polls of a Senate, governor or House race finished their fieldwork that day. The grid ends at the last day with a poll on record.

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

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How to read it. Columns are weeks; rows are days of the week. Shade is the number of polls ending that day, from none to the number on the busiest day of the year.

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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