US generic ballot polls 2026
House election 3 Nov 2026, in 3 days.
Democrats lead the polling average with 50.9%, 8.3 points ahead of Republicans.
Also polled: Presidential election.
Average
Updated 34 minutes ago
Trend
DemocratsRepublicans
Stances
DemocratsRepublicans
Immigration
ExpandRestrictRemigration
Economy
Free marketState-directed
Abortion
Broad accessProtect unborn life
Marriage & family
Individual choiceTraditional
National culture
CosmopolitanPreserve heritage
Technology
Light-touchRein in Big Tech
Scores and reasons written by AI. Methodology
Why these scores
Immigration
- Democrats: 3 of 10 Opposes Trump's mass deportations; backs path to legal status; DNC 2026 resolutions call to reform or abolish ICE
- Republicans: 7.5 of 10 Mass deportation drive, birthright-citizenship order, TPS terminations and 2026 refugee cap cut to 7,500
Economy
- Democrats: 5 of 10 Opposed 2025 tax-cut law and Medicaid cuts; backs higher taxes on top earners and extended ACA subsidies
- Republicans: 2 of 10 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill made tax cuts permanent, cut Medicaid and food aid; deregulation, though broad tariffs
Christian identity
- Democrats: 2 of 10 Upholds church-state separation; opposes public funding of religious schools and faith-based exemptions from anti-discrimination law
- Republicans: 6 of 10 Created White House Faith Office, Religious Liberty Commission and task force on anti-Christian bias; backs religious school choice
Abortion
- Democrats: 1.5 of 10 Pledges to restore Roe nationwide through the Women's Health Protection Act; seeks to repeal the Hyde Amendment
- Republicans: 6 of 10 Leaves abortion to states, many enforcing bans; 2025 law cut Planned Parenthood Medicaid funding; no national ban
Marriage & family
- Democrats: 2 of 10 Backs the Equality Act, same-sex marriage and transgender rights; opposed Trump's two-sexes order and military ban
- Republicans: 6 of 10 Order recognising only two sexes, transgender military and sports bans; $1,000 Trump accounts for newborns
National culture
- Democrats: 2.5 of 10 Opposed Trump's English official-language order and DEI rollbacks; defends multilingual government services and diversity programmes
- Republicans: 6.5 of 10 Made English the official language by 2025 order; abolished federal DEI; reviewed Smithsonian exhibits for patriotic content
Subsidiarity
- Democrats: 4 of 10 Favours national standards: federal abortion law, federal voting-rights protections; resists federal troop deployments into states
- Republicans: 5 of 10 Dismantling Education Department toward states, but federalised Guard over governors and moves to override state AI laws
Technology
- Democrats: 5 of 10 Back Kids Online Safety Act's duty of care; opposed 2026 House KIDS Act and preempting state AI laws
- Republicans: 3.5 of 10 Trump order fights state AI laws; House Republicans passed 2026 KIDS Act with porn age checks