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Bowling Green State University Democracy and Public Policy Research

Also published as Bowling Green State University.

Research draft
Polls since 2024
14
Latest poll ended
October 9, 2026

Polls from the VoteHub polling API, used under CC BY 4.0. Each result links to the pollster's or sponsor's own release. Imported once a day; a poll VoteHub later changes keeps its earlier version on record here.

§1About

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

The BGSU Poll is run by the Democracy and Public Policy Network, earlier called the Democracy and Public Policy Research Network, at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, and is developed and analyzed by a team of the network's scholars.2,3 The university says recent polls were conducted under the direction of professors Robert Alexander, Melissa K. Miller, David Jackson and Joshua Boston, and a 2024 release names Alexander, who came to BGSU from Ohio Northern University, as the network's founding director.2,3 The poll page says the poll partners with YouGov to obtain representative samples, collected through online surveys, email and text messages.2

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§2Who it works with

Why this matters: Owners, news partners and the firms behind a poll's interviews shape what gets asked, how, and what gets published.

Part of

  • Bowling Green State University. The university's poll page describes the network and its poll as part of Bowling Green State University.2

Fieldwork or panel by

  • YouGov (2024–now). BGSU says the poll partners with YouGov for its samples, and its fall 2024 release says YouGov was gathering data on the November election.2,3

Led by

  • Robert Alexander. A 2024 BGSU release identifies Robert Alexander as founding director of the network.3

Published with

Names its polls have been published under, alongside other pollsters or news outlets.

  • Bowling Green State University/YouGov: YouGov · 13 polls listed

§3Whom it works for

Why this matters: A firm that also works for one party's campaigns can still publish accurate polls, but readers deserve to know.

Says it does no work for parties or candidates. In a 2024 university release, founding director Robert Alexander called it a nonpartisan network; the poll page itself does not say whether it works for candidates or parties.2,3

Of its 14 polls listed since the 2024 election, VoteHub flags 0 as paid for by a Democratic-aligned sponsor and 0 by a Republican-aligned sponsor4.

§4Its polls

The 14 polls of its we list, newest first.
In the fieldQuestionResultWithPaid for bySample
September 29–October 9, 2026U.S. Senate · 2026 OhioSherrod Brown 48 · Jon Husted 42 · Greg Levy 5 · Bill Redpath 3YouGov1,000 LV
September 29–October 9, 2026Governor · 2026 OhioAmy Acton 50 · Vivek Ramaswamy 44 · Don Kissick 4YouGov1,000 LV
April 7–April 14, 2026Governor · 2026 OhioVivek Ramaswamy 48 · Amy Acton 47YouGov1,000 RV
April 7–April 14, 2026U.S. Senate · 2026 OhioJon Husted 50 · Sherrod Brown 47YouGov1,000 RV
February 13–February 18, 2026Generic congressional ballot · 2026Dem 49 · Rep 41YouGov1,200 RV
February 13–February 18, 2026Presidential primary · 2028 DemocraticGavin Newsom 21 · Kamala Harris 18 · Pete Buttigieg 11 · Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 11 · Mark Kelly 7 · JB Pritzker 6 · 9 moreYouGov556 RV
February 13–February 18, 2026Presidential primary · 2028 RepublicanJD Vance 51 · Marco Rubio 15 · Ron DeSantis 9 · Donald Trump Jr. 8 · Nikki Haley 2 · Ted Cruz 2 · 6 moreYouGov463 RV
February 13–February 18, 2026Favorability · Donald TrumpUnfavorable 57 · Favorable 38YouGov1,200 RV
February 13–February 18, 2026Favorability · JD VanceUnfavorable 54 · Favorable 36YouGov1,200 RV
February 13–February 18, 2026Job approval · Donald TrumpDisapprove 58 · Approve 41YouGov1,200 RV
October 2–October 14, 2025Governor · 2026 OhioVivek Ramaswamy 50 · Amy Acton 47800 RV
October 2–October 14, 2025U.S. Senate · 2026 OhioSherrod Brown 49 · Jon Husted 48YouGov800 RV
April 18–April 24, 2025U.S. Senate · 2026 OhioJon Husted 49 · Sherrod Brown 46YouGov800 RV
February 14–February 21, 2025U.S. Senate · 2026 OhioJon Husted 47 · Sherrod Brown 41YouGov800 RV

§5What we looked for and didn't find

  • No founding year was found; the 2024 release describes the political science department conducting Ohio voter polling that fall.
  • No funding source, standing news partner or non-news client was found.
  • Its ScholarWorks report files returned HTTP 403 and were not read.
  • Searches found no AAPOR statement, court ruling or filing, regulator action, aggregator statement about excluding or reweighting its polls, or retraction by the network.