United States
Mississippi Senate polls 2026
Senate election 3 Nov 2026, in 3 days.
Cindy Hyde-Smith leads the polling average with 43.3%, 4.0 points ahead of Scott Colom.
Average
Updated 34 minutes ago
Cindy Hyde-Smith
43.3
−0.5
Trend
Cindy Hyde-SmithScott ColomTy Pinkins
Stances
Cindy Hyde-SmithScott ColomTy Pinkins
Immigration
ExpandRestrictRemigration
Economy
Free marketState-directed
Abortion
Broad accessProtect unborn life
Marriage & family
Individual choiceTraditional
National culture2 unplaced
CosmopolitanPreserve heritage
Technology1 unplaced
Light-touchRein in Big Tech
Scores and reasons written by AI. Methodology
Why these scores
Immigration
- Cindy Hyde-Smith: 7.5 of 10 Backs finishing border wall, introduced E-Verify expansion, voted for 2025 law funding mass deportation
- Scott Colom: 4.5 of 10 Credits Trump on border security, pledges to enforce immigration law; opposes H-1B replacement of US workers
- Ty Pinkins: 2.5 of 10 Backs legal immigration and a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants
Economy
- Cindy Hyde-Smith: 2 of 10 Voted for 2017 and 2025 Republican tax-cut laws; fiscally conservative farm-state record
- Scott Colom: 5.5 of 10 Restore ACA funding to spur Medicaid expansion, raise minimum wage, no income tax under $75,000
- Ty Pinkins: 6.5 of 10 Medicaid expansion and 'affordable health care in every municipality'; backed Medicare for All Act
Christian identity
- Cindy Hyde-Smith: 6.5 of 10 Baptist; campaign says life is 'guaranteed ... by our Creator'; defends traditional marriage
- Scott Colom: 3.5 of 10 Campaigns as 'guided by his Christian faith'; no faith-in-law proposals
- Ty Pinkins: 2 of 10 Endorsed in 2024 by secularist Freethought Equality Fund; no faith-based policy
Abortion
- Cindy Hyde-Smith: 8 of 10 Backs personhood bills banning abortion from conception; chairs Senate Pro-Life Caucus; blocked 2024 IVF bill
- Scott Colom: 3 of 10 Personally pro-life 'as a Christian' but would leave decisions to women; supports IVF
- Ty Pinkins: 1.5 of 10 Backs abortion care 'when necessary' as women's decision; opposes criminalising reproductive care
Marriage & family
- Cindy Hyde-Smith: 7 of 10 Voted against Respect for Marriage Act; bill defining sex as biological sex at birth
- Scott Colom: 3.5 of 10 Opposed criminalising gender-affirming care in 2021; now opposes trans girls in girls' sports, surgery for minors
- Ty Pinkins: 2 of 10 Platform lists LGBTQ+ protections; no specific bills or proposals stated
National culture
- Cindy Hyde-Smith: 6.5 of 10 Backed Confederate-heritage resolution and Jefferson Davis highway as state senator; no current heritage bill
Subsidiarity
- Cindy Hyde-Smith: 6.5 of 10 Argued federal For the People Act would nullify Mississippi voter ID laws
- Scott Colom: 5.5 of 10 Communities get final say on data centers; return tariff authority to Congress
Technology
- Cindy Hyde-Smith: 4.5 of 10 Voted for 2024 Kids Online Safety Act (91-3) and to strip AI-law moratorium (99-1); no tech bills
- Scott Colom: 6 of 10 Pause new data centers until they pay own power and water; human review of AI decisions