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Michigan State University Department of Political Science

Research draft
Polls since 2024
2
Latest poll ended
October 23, 2026

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§1About

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

The Department of Political Science is part of Michigan State University's College of Social Science in East Lansing, which lists political science among its programs.1 According to Political Wire, a Michigan State University/Verasight poll of likely Michigan voters was released on October 29, 2026, linking to a release on the department's website.2

Kind
Academic1

§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

  • Michigan State University College of Social Science. The College of Social Science site lists political science among its programs and links to the department's website.1

Polls jointly with

  • Verasight (2026–now). Political Wire describes the October 2026 poll as a Michigan State University/Verasight poll; the department's own release, which would say what Verasight did, could not be read.2

Published with

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

  • Michigan State University Department of Political Science/Verasight: Verasight · 2 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.

Doesn’t say whom it works for. No page read says whether the department's polling works for candidates or parties, and none names campaign or party clients.1,2

Of its 2 polls listed since the 2024 election, VoteHub flags 0 as paid for by a Democratic-aligned sponsor and 0 by a Republican-aligned sponsor3.

§4Its polls

The 2 polls of its we list, newest first.
In the fieldQuestionResultWithPaid for bySample
October 8–October 23, 2026U.S. Senate · 2026 MichiganAbdul El-Sayed 50.5 · Mike Rogers 43.1Verasight1,383 LV
October 8–October 23, 2026Governor · 2026 MichiganJocelyn Benson 50.9 · John James 41.5Verasight1,383 LV

§5What we looked for and didn't find

  • The department's website (polisci.msu.edu), including the October 2026 poll release, returned a bot-check page, so its sample, field dates, method, lead researcher and Verasight's role were not read.
  • No founding year for the department or start year for its polling was found.
  • This entry is separate from the Michigan State University Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, whose State of the State survey is listed under its own pollster id.
  • No standing news partner or non-news client was found.
  • Searches found no AAPOR statement, court ruling, regulator action, aggregator statement about excluding or reweighting its polls, or retraction.