Polls and race ratings

National generic ballot

Two recent public surveys compiled via PollingSource. Averages move. Check RealClearPolitics and FiveThirtyEight / ABC for live aggregations. Not a prediction of House control.

• Economist / YouGov

  Dem 49 · Rep 38

  Sep 8, 2026 · 1,015 LV

  PollingSource generic-ballot compilation (Economist/YouGov) · accessed September 17, 2026

• Morning Consult

  Dem 46 · Rep 42

  Sep 6, 2026 · 24,000 LV

  PollingSource generic-ballot compilation (Morning Consult) · accessed September 17, 2026

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Is this page a polling average or a forecast of control?

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Whose race ratings appear here, and what do the dates mean?

A guide appears on the rating board only when it stores a placement from a named outlet we can link. Outlets in the current set are Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and Decision Desk HQ. The date under a rating is that outlet’s as-of date, not a rating assigned by Map the Midterms. None of the 12 U.S. House guides in this set store a linkable rating, so those districts do not appear on the board. A missing card is not an endorsement and not a claim that every outlet agrees.

What does the national generic ballot section mean?

The national generic ballot section shows two recent public surveys compiled via PollingSource: Economist / YouGov (Dem 49, Rep 38; Sep 8, 2026; 1,015 LV) and Morning Consult (Dem 46, Rep 42; Sep 6, 2026; 24,000 LV). A generic congressional ballot asks which party someone would support for the U.S. House, nationally. These rows are not a Map the Midterms average, not a prediction of which party will control the House, and not a result in any state or district. RealClearPolitics and FiveThirtyEight / ABC News publish live aggregations, and this page links to them.

How current are these polls, and where are live aggregations?

This page is not a live feed, and Map the Midterms does not refresh it on a fixed schedule. The surveys and generic-ballot rows cite public sources accessed September 17, 2026. A newer poll can show up at the source link on a row, or at the live aggregators already linked here: RealClearPolitics, including its generic congressional ballot, and FiveThirtyEight / ABC News. Those sites are independent of this page. A figure on those sites is not a Map the Midterms average.

How do these polls relate to individual race guides?

Each survey is tagged to one race guide. Guides with at least one cited survey on this page are GA Senate, MI Senate, NC Senate, TX Senate, AZ Governor, GA Governor, MI Governor, NV Governor, TX Governor, OH Governor, PA Governor, WI Governor, FL Governor, CA Governor, and NY Governor. The race name in the table opens that guide, where the same survey can appear under Published polls. Guides without a cited survey here are MN Senate, ME Senate, IA Senate, AK Senate, KS Senate, MN Governor, ME Governor, IA Governor, AK Governor, KS Governor, AZ-01, GA-07, MI-07, NC-01, NV-03, OH-09, PA-07, WI-03, TX-15, FL-13, CA-13, and NY-22. On a guide with no individual survey we can cite, the empty table is not a forecast. That guide points to RealClearPolitics and FiveThirtyEight / ABC News instead.

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