Pollster · Academic

Suffolk University

Research draft
Polls since 2024
18
Latest poll ended
October 17, 2026
Record vs. results, relative
D+1.5

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 Suffolk University Political Research Center in Boston conducts statewide and national surveys and bellwether polls; its site says it was founded in 2002 and lists David Paleologos as director.2,3 Its site says it has made demographic crosstabs for every poll available at no cost since 2002.2 Its media partners page lists nine current partners, with USA TODAY/Gannett for national polling and The Boston Globe for regional polling, and names the Boston Herald and several television stations among past partners.4 Its questionnaires open with interviewers telling respondents they are conducting a survey for Suffolk University.5

Kind
Academic2
Founded
20022

§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

  • Suffolk University. The Political Research Center is a research center at Suffolk University, according to its site.2

News partners

  • USA Today (2014–now). A Suffolk University announcement dated August 18, 2014 says USA TODAY and the center formed a polling affiliation for that year's Senate and governor races; its media partners page now lists USA TODAY/Gannett for national polling, and its site lists an October 2026 Ohio poll with the USA TODAY Network Ohio.2,4,6
  • The Boston Globe. Its media partners page lists The Boston Globe for regional polling, and its Massachusetts poll list shows four 2026 polls conducted with the Globe between April and October 2026.4,7
  • The Philadelphia Inquirer. Its media partners page lists the Philadelphia Inquirer among current partners, with no dates.4
  • Chicago Tribune. Its media partners page lists the Chicago Tribune among current partners, with no dates.4
  • Cincinnati Enquirer. Its media partners page lists the Cincinnati Enquirer among current partners, with no dates.4
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Its media partners page lists the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel among current partners, with no dates.4
  • Arizona Republic. Its media partners page lists the Arizona Republic among current partners, with no dates.4
  • Salt Lake Tribune. Its media partners page lists the Salt Lake Tribune among current partners, with no dates.4
  • Reno Gazette-Journal. Its media partners page lists the Reno Gazette-Journal among current partners, with no dates.4

Led by

  • David Paleologos. Its site lists David Paleologos as director and says he has worked at Suffolk since 2002.2,3

Who paid for its polls

Sponsors named on its polls, most polls first8. A party-aligned flag is VoteHub's, per poll.
SponsorPollsBetweenFlagged party-aligned
The Boston Globe8November 23, 2025 – October 17, 2026No
USA Today5November 5, 2021 – September 27, 2026No

§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. The center's pages read make no statement about working for candidates or parties.2,3

Of its 18 polls listed since the 2024 election, VoteHub flags 0 as paid for by a Democratic-aligned sponsor and 0 by a Republican-aligned sponsor8.

§4Record against results

Why this matters: The one test that doesn't depend on other polls: how close a firm's final polls came to what voters did.

From FiveThirtyEight's final public data9,10: 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
Suffolk University602002–2022D+1.5D+1.54.1 pts2.9 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.

§5Its polls

The 21 polls of its we list, newest first.
In the fieldQuestionResultWithPaid for bySample
October 14–October 17, 2026U.S. Senate · 2026 MassachusettsEd Markey 60 · John Deaton 32 · Joe Tache 1 · Shriya Ayyadurai 1The Boston Globe500 LV
October 14–October 17, 2026Governor · 2026 MassachusettsMaura Healy 59 · Michael Minogue 36 · Andrea James 2The Boston Globe500 LV
September 23–September 27, 2026Governor · 2026 OhioAmy Acton 50 · Vivek Ramaswamy 41 · Don Kissick 3USA Today500 LV
September 16–September 20, 2026Governor · 2026 MichiganJocelyn Benson 51 · John James 34 · Douglas Campbell 2 · Anthony Hudson 1 · Donna Brandenburg 0500 LV
September 16–September 20, 2026U.S. Senate · 2026 MichiganAbdul El-Sayed 47 · Mike Rogers 40 · Lydia Christensen 1 · Walter P. Kristy 1 · Tim Long 0 · Douglas P. Marsh 0500 LV
August 20–August 23, 2026Governor · 2026 IowaRob Sand 47.8 · Zach Lahn 43.6500 LV
August 20–August 23, 2026U.S. Senate · 2026 IowaAshley Hinson 45.4 · Josh Turek 40.8500 LV
June 8–June 12, 2026Governor · 2026 MassachusettsMaura Healey 56 · Mike Minogue 31The Boston Globe500 RV
June 8–June 12, 2026Governor · 2026 MassachusettsMaura Healey 56 · Brian Shortsleeve 29The Boston Globe500 RV
June 8–June 12, 2026U.S. Senate · 2026 MassachusettsEd Markey 55 · John Deaton 30The Boston Globe500 RV
June 8–June 12, 2026U.S. Senate · 2026 MassachusettsSeth Moulton 54 · John Deaton 26The Boston Globe500 RV
November 19–November 23, 2025U.S. Senate · 2026 MassachusettsSeth Moulton 52 · John Deaton 29The Boston Globe500 RV
November 19–November 23, 2025U.S. Senate · 2026 MassachusettsEd Markey 54 · John Deaton 31The Boston Globe500 RV
October 26–October 29, 2025Governor · 2025 New JerseyMikie Sherrill 46.2 · Jack Ciattarelli 42.2500 LV
October 19–October 21, 2025Attorney general · 2025 VirginiaJason Miyares 46.4 · Jay Jones 42.4500 LV
October 19–October 21, 2025Governor · 2025 VirginiaAbigail Spanberger 51.8 · Winsome Earle-Sears 43.2500 LV
September 15–September 18, 2025Mayor · 2025 New York CityZohran Mamdani 45 · Andrew Cuomo 25 · Curtis Sliwa 9 · Eric Adams 8500 LV
January 7–January 11, 2025Favorability · JD VanceUnfavorable 43 · Favorable 38.8USA Today1,000 RV
February 16–February 20, 2022Job approval · CongressDisapprove 74.5 · Approve 14.7USA Today1,000 RV
December 27–December 30, 2021Job approval · CongressDisapprove 70.4 · Approve 16.2USA Today1,000 RV
November 3–November 5, 2021Job approval · CongressDisapprove 74.5 · Approve 12.4USA Today1,000 RV

§6What we looked for and didn't find

  • The media partners page gives no dates; the only start date found is the 2014 USA TODAY announcement.
  • No fieldwork vendor is named; its questionnaires indicate live interviewers, but the pages read do not say who places the calls.
  • Funding is not stated on the pages read.
  • No non-news clients, co-pollsters, campaign or party clients were found.
  • Findings search: web searches combining the name with AAPOR, aggregator exclusion, court, regulator and retraction terms found nothing that fits the finding rules, and AAPOR's statements page names none of this batch's firms.
  • Court records were checked only through web searches; PACER and state court dockets were not searched.