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The Washington Post

An organization that commissioned or published polls without conducting them itself.

Polls listed
37
Pollsters used
2

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.

§1Pollsters it has used

§2Record against results

Why this matters: The one test that doesn't depend on other polls: how close the final polls published under its name came to what voters did.

From FiveThirtyEight's final public data2,3: general-election polls between a Democrat and a Republican in the last three weeks before each election, compared with the certified result. FiveThirtyEight rated each name polls were published under separately. Across all 8,957 such polls, the average miss was D+0.7, so the relative figure takes out the misses every pollster shared that year.

Error is the poll's D−R margin minus the result's; D+ means it showed Democrats doing better than they did.
Published asPollsElectionsAverage missRelative to other pollsTypical size of miss538's last rating
ABC News/The Washington Post691998–2022D+1.5D+1.03.1 pts3.0 of 3
The Washington Post/George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government82016–2021D+0.9D+1.32.2 pts2.7 of 3
The Washington Post/University of Maryland Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement0————2.5 of 3

ABC News closed FiveThirtyEight in March 2025; its data stops at the 2022 elections. 2026 results will be added once states certify them.

§3Its polls

37 polls it paid for or published, newest first.
In the fieldQuestionResultPollsterPaid for bySample
October 22–October 26, 2026U.S. Senate · 2026 KansasAdam Hamilton 52 · Roger Marshall 43 · David Graham 4George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government801 LV
October 22–October 26, 2026Governor · 2026 KansasCindy Holscher 51 · Ty Masterson 45George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government801 LV
October 14–October 19, 2026U.S. House · 2026 TX-34Vicente Gonzalez 50 · Eric Flores 43 · Eddie Espinoza 2 · Chris Royal 1George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government626 LV
September 30–October 5, 2026Governor · 2026 MaineHannah Pingree 49 · Bobby Charles 36 · Rick Bennett 11George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government800 LV
September 30–October 5, 2026U.S. Senate · 2026 MaineTroy Jackson 50 · Susan Collins 45George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government800 LV
September 23–September 28, 2026U.S. House · 2026 VA-01Shannon Taylor 50 · Rob Wittman 46George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government609 LV
September 23–September 28, 2026U.S. House · 2026 VA-05John McGuire 51 · Tom Perriello 46George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government600 LV
September 10–September 14, 2026Governor · 2026 MichiganJocelyn Benson 53 · John James 41George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government803 LV
September 10–September 14, 2026U.S. Senate · 2026 MichiganAbdul El-Sayed 48 · Mike Rogers 45George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government803 LV
April 24–April 28, 2026Generic congressional ballot · 2026Dem 49 · Rep 44IpsosABC News2,059 RV
April 24–April 28, 2026Job approval · Donald TrumpDisapprove 62 · Approve 37IpsosABC News2,560 A
April 24–April 28, 2026Job approval · Donald TrumpDisapprove 60 · Approve 39IpsosABC News2,059 RV
April 24–April 28, 2026Job approval · JD VanceDisapprove 49 · Approve 39IpsosABC News2,059 RV
April 24–April 28, 2026Job approval · JD VanceDisapprove 48 · Approve 35IpsosABC News2,560 A
February 12–February 17, 2026Job approval · Donald TrumpDisapprove 60 · Approve 39IpsosABC News2,589 A
February 12–February 17, 2026Job approval · Donald TrumpDisapprove 58 · Approve 41IpsosABC News2,087 RV
February 12–February 17, 2026Generic congressional ballot · 2026Dem 47 · Rep 45IpsosABC News2,087 RV
October 24–October 28, 2025Job approval · Donald TrumpDisapprove 59 · Approve 41IpsosABC News2,725 A
October 24–October 28, 2025Generic congressional ballot · 2026Dem 46 · Rep 44IpsosABC News2,203 RV
October 24–October 28, 2025Job approval · Donald TrumpDisapprove 57 · Approve 43IpsosABC News2,203 RV
October 16–October 20, 2025Governor · 2025 VirginiaAbigail Spanberger 54 · Winsome Earle-Sears 42George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government— LV
October 16–October 20, 2025Attorney general · 2025 VirginiaJay Jones 44 · Jason Miyares 44George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government927 RV
October 16–October 20, 2025Attorney general · 2025 VirginiaJay Jones 46 · Jason Miyares 46George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government— LV
October 16–October 20, 2025Governor · 2025 VirginiaAbigail Spanberger 53 · Winsome Earle-Sears 40George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government927 RV
September 25–September 29, 2025Governor · 2025 VirginiaAbigail Spanberger 55 · Winsome Earle-Sears 43George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government1,002 LV
September 25–September 29, 2025Attorney general · 2025 VirginiaJay Jones 48 · Jason Miyares 42George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government1,002 RV
September 25–September 29, 2025Attorney general · 2025 VirginiaJay Jones 51 · Jason Miyares 45George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government1,002 LV
September 25–September 29, 2025Governor · 2025 VirginiaAbigail Spanberger 53 · Winsome Earle-Sears 40George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government1,002 RV
September 11–September 15, 2025Job approval · Donald TrumpDisapprove 55 · Approve 45Ipsos— RV
September 11–September 15, 2025Job approval · Donald TrumpDisapprove 56 · Approve 43Ipsos2,513 A
April 18–April 25, 2025Job approval · Donald TrumpDisapprove 55 · Approve 39IpsosABC News2,464 A
April 18–April 25, 2025Job approval · Donald TrumpDisapprove 55 · Approve 42IpsosABC News1,992 RV
February 13–February 18, 2025Job approval · Donald TrumpDisapprove 51 · Approve 48Ipsos2,177 RV
February 13–February 18, 2025Job approval · Donald TrumpDisapprove 53 · Approve 45Ipsos2,601 A
August 9–August 13, 2024Favorability · JD VanceUnfavorable 46 · Favorable 35ABC News1,975 RV
August 9–August 13, 2024Favorability · JD VanceUnfavorable 42 · Favorable 32ABC News2,336 A
February 20–February 24, 2022Job approval · Supreme CourtApprove 44 · Disapprove 36ABC News1,011 A