Complete List of House Polls Used

Below we have a list of all the House polls used on this site. Only nonpartisan polls are used; polls taken by pollsters working for one of the parties are intentionally omitted. Unfortunately, this leaves very few polls left, but here is an example of why such a draconian approach is needed. Consider two polls taken in CD-16 in Ohio in which incumbent Bob Ney (R) was being challenged by Zack Space (D). (Ney has subsequently dropped out due to allegations of corruption, but that is irrelevant here)

Poll 1: Jun 28-29: Zack Space 46% Bob Ney 35% Poll taken by Cooper & Secrest (D)
Poll 2: Jun 27-29: Zack Space 41% Bob Ney 45% Poll taken by Public Opinion Strategies (R)

In poll 1, Space leads by 11%. In poll 2 he trails by 4%. The polls were taken at virtually the same time. What's up? The first poll was taken by a firm that works to elect Democrats; the second poll was taken by a firm that works to elect Republicans. We can safely label these, and many others taken by partisan firms as fantasy polls. They are intended to convince the public that their horse is ahead to encourage their side and demoralize the other one. For this reason, partisan polls like these are not listed below or on the spreadsheet and do not contribute to the House projection on the main page.

The date given below in column 2 is when the poll ended. The poll length is also given. The polls for each state are sorted in descending order of their midpoints. Incumbents are denoted by asterisks.

The data are also available as plain text and in .csv format for use with Excel. In the latter, the first column is the day number of the midpoint (Jan. 1, 2006 = day 1.0) and the second is the poll length in days.

The site also has a page describing the House races, including brief descriptions of the situation, the names and photos of the candidates, and links to their campaign pages, Wikipedia entries, and state parties.

CD	Democrat	Republican	Date	Len	Dem	GOP	I	Pollster
AK-AL	Diane Benson	Don Young*	Nov 08	1	39%	57%		Election 2006
AK-AL					22%	71%		2004 Election

AL-01	Vivian Beckerle	Jo Bonner*	Nov 08	1	34%	66%		Election 2006
AL-01					37%	63%		2004 Election

AL-02	Charles James	Terry Everett*	Nov 08	1	30%	70%		Election 2006
AL-02					29%	71%		2004 Election

AL-03	Greg Pierce	Mike Rogers**	Nov 08	1	40%	58%		Election 2006
AL-03					39%	61%		2004 Election

AL-04	Barbara Bobo	Robert Aderholt*	Nov 08	1	30%	70%		Election 2006
AL-04					25%	75%		2004 Election

AL-05	Bud Cramer*	None	Nov 08	1	100%	0%		Election 2006
AL-05					73%	27%		2004 Election

AL-06	(None)	Spencer Bachus*	Nov 08	1	0	100%		Election 2006
AL-06					0	99%		2004 Election

AL-07	Artur Davis*	(None)	Nov 08	1	100%	0%		Election 2006
AL-07					75%	25%		2004 Election

AR-01	Marion Berry*	Mickey Stumbaugh	Nov 08	1	70%	30%		Election 2006
AR-01					67%	33%		2004 Election

AR-02	Vic Snyder*	Andy Mayberry	Nov 08	1	61%	39%		Election 2006
AR-02	Vic Snyder*	Andy Mayberry	Oct 30	4	60%	39%		SurveyUSA
AR-02	Vic Snyder*	Andy Mayberry	Oct 18	3	57%	41%		SurveyUSA
AR-02	Vic Snyder*	Andy Mayberry	Sep 20	3	56%	42%		SurveyUSA
AR-02	Vic Snyder*	Andy Mayberry	Jul 17	3	58%	38%		SurveyUSA
AR-02					58%	42%		2004 Election

AR-03	Woodrow Anderson	John Boozman*	Nov 08	1	40%	60%		Election 2006
AR-03					38%	59%		2004 Election

AR-04	Mike Ross*	Joe Ross	Nov 08	1	75%	25%		Election 2006
AR-04					100%	0%		2004 Election

AZ-01	Ellen Simon	Rick Renzi*	Nov 08	1	43%	52%		Election 2006
AZ-01	Ellen Simon	Rick Renzi*	Oct 26	3	38%	41%		RT Strategies
AZ-01	Ellen Simon	Rick Renzi*	Oct 22	3	32%	45%		Northen Arizona U.
AZ-01	Ellen Simon	Rick Renzi*	Oct 10	3	50%	46%		RT Strategies
AZ-01	Ellen Simon	Rick Renzi*	Sep 17	3	32%	45%		Northern Arizona U.
AZ-01					36%	59%		2004 Election

AZ-02	John Thrasher	Trent Franks*	Nov 08	1	39%	58%		Election 2006
AZ-02					39%	59%		2004 Election

AZ-03	Too close	John Shadegg*	Nov 08	1	39%	58%		Election 2006
AZ-03					0	80%		2004 Election

AZ-04	Ed Pastor*	Don Karg	Nov 08	1	73%	23%		Election 2006
AZ-04					70%	26%		2004 Election

AZ-05	Harry Mitchell	J.D. Hayworth*	Nov 08	1	51%	46%		Election 2006
AZ-05	Harry Mitchell	J.D. Hayworth*	Oct 31	3	48%	46%		SurveyUSA
AZ-05	Harry Mitchell	J.D. Hayworth*	Oct 16	4	45%	48%		SurveyUSA
AZ-05	Harry Mitchell	J.D. Hayworth*	Sep 17	3	40%	52%		SurveyUSA
AZ-05					38%	60%		2004 Election

AZ-06	Glenn Fuller	Jeff Flake*	Nov 08	1	0	74%		Election 2006
AZ-06					0	79%		2004 Election

AZ-07	Raul Grijalva*	Ron Drake	Nov 08	1	61%	35%		Election 2006
AZ-07					62%	34%		2004 Election

AZ-08	Gabrielle Giffords	Randy Graf	Nov 08	1	54%	42%		Election 2006
AZ-08	Gabrielle Giffords	Randy Graf	Oct 28	4	50%	35%		Wick
AZ-08	Gabrielle Giffords	Randy Graf	Oct 29	6	53%	41%		Zogby
AZ-08	Gabrielle Giffords	Randy Graf	Oct 23	4	48%	38%		Zimmerman
AZ-08	Gabrielle Giffords	Randy Graf	Oct 02	8	45%	37%		Zogby
AZ-08	Gabrielle Giffords	Randy Graf	Sep 23	4	52%	34%		Kenski
AZ-08	Gabrielle Giffords	Randy Graf	Sep 18	6	48%	36%		Zimmerman
AZ-08					36%	60%		2004 Election

CA-01	Mike Thompson*	John Jones	Nov 08	1	65%	31%		Election 2006
CA-01					67%	28%		2004 Election

CA-02	Arjinderpal Sekhon	Wally Herger*	Nov 08	1	31%	66%		Election 2006
CA-02					33%	67%		2004 Election

CA-03	William Durston	Dan Lungren*	Nov 08	1	35%	62%		Election 2006
CA-03					35%	62%		2004 Election

CA-04	Charles Brown	John Doolittle*	Nov 08	1	45%	50%		Election 2006
CA-04	Charles Brown	John Doolittle*	Nov 03	3	43%	50%		SurveyUSA
CA-04	Charles Brown	John Doolittle*	Oct 26	3	39%	39%		RT Strategies
CA-04	Charles Brown	John Doolittle*	Oct 22	3	41%	51%		SurveyUSA
CA-04	Charles Brown	John Doolittle*	Oct 10	3	44%	52%		RT Strategies
CA-04					35%	65%		2004 Election

CA-05	Doris Matsui*	Xiaochin Yan	Nov 08	1	71%	24%		Election 2006
CA-05					71%	23%		2004 Election

CA-06	Lynn Woolsey*	Todd Hooper	Nov 08	1	68%	28%		Election 2006
CA-06					73%	27%		2004 Election

CA-07	George Miller*	(None)	Nov 08	1	84%	16%		Election 2006
CA-07					76%	24%		2004 Election

CA-08	Nancy Pelosi*	Mike DeNunzio	Nov 08	1	80%	11%		Election 2006
CA-08					83%	12%		2004 Election

CA-09	Barbara Lee*	John denDulk	Nov 08	1	83%	14%		Election 2006
CA-09					85%	12%		2004 Election

CA-10	Ellen Tauscher*	Darcy Linn	Nov 08	1	65%	35%		Election 2006
CA-10					66%	34%		2004 Election

CA-11	Jerry McNerney	Richard Pombo*	Nov 08	1	52%	48%		Election 2006
CA-11	Jerry McNerney	Richard Pombo*	Oct 26	3	48%	46%		RT Strategies
CA-11					39%	61%		2004 Election

CA-12	Tom Lantos*	Michael Maloney	Nov 08	1	74%	26%		Election 2006
CA-12					68%	21%		2004 Election

CA-13	Fortney Stark*	George Bruno	Nov 08	1	73%	27%		Election 2006
CA-13					72%	24%		2004 Election

CA-14	Anna Eshoo*	Rob Smith	Nov 08	1	67%	29%		Election 2006
CA-14					70%	27%		2004 Election

CA-15	Mike Honda*	Raymond Chukwu	Nov 08	1	70%	30%		Election 2006
CA-15					72%	28%		2004 Election

CA-16	Zoe Lofgren*	Charel Winston	Nov 08	1	71%	29%		Election 2006
CA-16					71%	26%		2004 Election

CA-17	Sam Farr*	Anthony DeMaio	Nov 08	1	73%	27%		Election 2006
CA-17					67%	29%		2004 Election

CA-18	Dennis Cardoza*	John Kanno	Nov 08	1	64%	36%		Election 2006
CA-18					68%	33%		2004 Election

CA-19	TJ Cox	George Radanovich*	Nov 08	1	38%	62%		Election 2006
CA-19					27%	66%		2004 Election

CA-20	Jim Costa*	(None)	Nov 08	1	100%	0%		Election 2006
CA-20					53%	47%		2004 Election

CA-21	Steven Haze	Devin Nunes*	Nov 08	1	30%	67%		Election 2006
CA-21					27%	73%		2004 Election

CA-22	Sharon Beery	Kevin McCarthy	Nov 08	1	30%	70%		Election 2006
CA-22					0	100%		2004 Election

CA-23	Lois Capps*	Victor Tognazzini	Nov 08	1	63%	37%		Election 2006
CA-23					63%	34%		2004 Election

CA-24	Jill Martinez	Elton Gallegly*	Nov 08	1	35%	65%		Election 2006
CA-24					34%	63%		2004 Election

CA-25	Robert Rodriguez	Howard McKeon*	Nov 08	1	28%	67%		Election 2006
CA-25					36%	64%		2004 Election

CA-26	Cynthia Matthews	David Dreier*	Nov 08	1	31%	63%		Election 2006
CA-26	Cynthia Matthews	David Dreier*	Nov 01	3	35%	54%		SurveyUSA
CA-26	Cynthia Matthews	David Dreier*	Aug 16	4	35%	48%		SurveyUSA
CA-26					43%	54%		2004 Election

CA-27	Brad Sherman*	Peter Hankwitz	Nov 08	1	62%	38%		Election 2006
CA-27					62%	33%		2004 Election

CA-28	Howard Berman*	Stanley Kesselman	Nov 08	1	67%	27%		Election 2006
CA-28					71%	23%		2004 Election

CA-29	Adam Schiff*	William Bodell	Nov 08	1	56%	36%		Election 2006
CA-29					65%	30%		2004 Election

CA-30	Henry Waxman*	David Jones	Nov 08	1	64%	34%		Election 2006
CA-30					71%	29%		2004 Election

CA-31	Xavier Becerra*	(None)	Nov 08	1	100%	0%		Election 2006
CA-31					80%	20%		2004 Election

CA-32	Hilda Solis*	(None)	Nov 08	1	79%	21%		Election 2006
CA-32					85%	0%		2004 Election

CA-33	Diane Watson*	(None)	Nov 08	1	100%	0%		Election 2006
CA-33					89%	0%		2004 Election

CA-34	Lucille Roybal-Allard*	Wayne Miller	Nov 08	1	65%	35%		Election 2006
CA-34					75%	26%		2004 Election

CA-35	Maxine Waters*	(None)	Nov 08	1	74%	14%		Election 2006
CA-35					81%	15%		2004 Election

CA-36	Jane Harman*	Brian Gibson	Nov 08	1	57%	39%		Election 2006
CA-36					62%	34%		2004 Election

CA-37	Juanita McDonald*	(None)	Nov 08	1	75%	25%		Election 2006
CA-37					75%	20%		2004 Election

CA-38	Grace Napolitano*	Sidney Street	Nov 08	1	67%	33%		Election 2006
CA-38					100%	0%		2004 Election

CA-39	Linda Sanchez*	James Andion	Nov 08	1	55%	45%		Election 2006
CA-39					61%	39%		2004 Election

CA-40	Florice Hoffman	Ed Royce*	Nov 08	1	27%	71%		Election 2006
CA-40					32%	68%		2004 Election

CA-41	Louie Contreras	Jerry Lewis*	Nov 08	1	30%	70%		Election 2006
CA-41					0	83%		2004 Election

CA-42	(None)	Gary Miller*	Nov 08	1	0	100%		Election 2006
CA-42					32%	68%		2004 Election

CA-43	Joe Baca*	Scott Folkens	Nov 08	1	54%	46%		Election 2006
CA-43					66%	34%		2004 Election

CA-44	Louis Vandenberg	Ken Calvert*	Nov 08	1	32%	65%		Election 2006
CA-44					35%	62%		2004 Election

CA-45	David Roth	Mary Bono*	Nov 08	1	39%	61%		Election 2006
CA-45					33%	67%		2004 Election

CA-46	Jim Brandt	Dana Rohrabacher*	Nov 08	1	31%	66%		Election 2006
CA-46					33%	62%		2004 Election

CA-47	Loretta Sanchez*	Tan Nguyen	Nov 08	1	57%	43%		Election 2006
CA-47					60%	40%		2004 Election

CA-48	Steve Young	John Campbell*	Nov 08	1	33%	64%		Election 2006
CA-48	Steve Young	John Campbell*	Nov 03	3	37%	56%		SurveyUSA
CA-48	Steve Young	John Campbell*	Aug 16	3	31%	57%		SurveyUSA
CA-48					32%	65%		2004 Election

CA-49	Jeeni Criscenzo	Darrell Issa*	Nov 08	1	31%	66%		Election 2006
CA-49					35%	63%		2004 Election

CA-50	Francine Busby	Brian Bilbray*	Nov 08	1	40%	57%		Election 2006
CA-50	Francine Busby	Brian Bilbray*	Nov 03	3	41%	55%		SurveyUSA
CA-50	Francine Busby	Brian Bilbray*	Oct 16	4	46%	50%		SurveyUSA
CA-50	Francine Busby	Brian Bilbray*	Sep 12	3	40%	54%		SurveyUSA
CA-50					37%	58%		2004 Election

CA-51	Bob Filner*	Blake Miles	Nov 08	1	64%	34%		Election 2006
CA-51					62%	35%		2004 Election

CA-52	John Rinaldi	Duncan Hunter*	Nov 08	1	30%	67%		Election 2006
CA-52					28%	69%		2004 Election

CA-53	Susan Davis*	John Woodrum	Nov 08	1	62%	36%		Election 2006
CA-53					66%	29%		2004 Election

CO-01	Diana DeGette*	(None)	Nov 08	1	78%	0%		Election 2006
CO-01					74%	24%		2004 Election

CO-02	Mark Udall*	Rich Mancuso	Nov 08	1	68%	29%		Election 2006
CO-02					67%	30%		2004 Election

CO-03	John Salazar*	Scott Tipton	Nov 08	1	63%	36%		Election 2006
CO-03	John Salazar*	Scott Tipton	Oct 29	3	57%	38%		SurveyUSA
CO-03	John Salazar*	Scott Tipton	Sep 17	3	52%	41%		SurveyUSA
CO-03	John Salazar*	Scott Tipton	Aug 14	3	53%	42%		SurveyUSA
CO-03					51%	47%		2004 Election

CO-04	Angie Paccione	Marilyn Musgrave*	Nov 08	1	43%	46%		Election 2006
CO-04	Angie Paccione	Marilyn Musgrave*	Nov 02	3	43%	44%		SurveyUSA
CO-04	Angie Paccione	Marilyn Musgrave*	Oct 26	3	48%	45%		RT Strategies
CO-04	Angie Paccione	Marilyn Musgrave*	Oct 17	3	38%	48%		SurveyUSA
CO-04	Angie Paccione	Marilyn Musgrave*	Oct 07	5	36%	46%		Mason-Dixon
CO-04	Angie Paccione	Marilyn Musgrave*	Sep 20	3	42%	46%		SurveyUSA
CO-04	Angie Paccione	Marilyn Musgrave*	Aug 29	3	41%	47%		RT Strategies
CO-04					45%	51%		2004 Election

CO-05	Jay Fawcett	Doug Lamborn	Nov 08	1	40%	60%		Election 2006
CO-05	Jay Fawcett	Doug Lamborn	Nov 03	3	42%	51%		SurveyUSA
CO-05	Jay Fawcett	Doug Lamborn	Oct 27	4	40%	47%		Mason-Dixon
CO-05	Jay Fawcett	Doug Lamborn	Oct 18	3	38%	51%		SurveyUSA
CO-05	Jay Fawcett	Doug Lamborn	Oct 07	5	37%	37%		Mason-Dixon
CO-05					27%	71%		2004 Election

CO-06	Bill Winter	Tom Tancredo*	Nov 08	1	40%	58%		Election 2006
CO-06					39%	60%		2004 Election

CO-07	Ed Perlmutter	Rick O'Donnell	Nov 08	1	55%	42%		Election 2006
CO-07	Ed Perlmutter	Rick O'Donnell	Nov 01	4	54%	38%		SurveyUSA
CO-07	Ed Perlmutter	Rick O'Donnell	Oct 29	6	54%	40%		Zogby
CO-07	Ed Perlmutter	Rick O'Donnell	Oct 26	3	51%	46%		RT Strategies
CO-07	Ed Perlmutter	Rick O'Donnell	Oct 10	3	47%	47%		RT Strategies
CO-07	Ed Perlmutter	Rick O'Donnell	Oct 07	5	45%	39%		Mason-Dixon
CO-07	Ed Perlmutter	Rick O'Donnell	Oct 02	8	45%	34%		Zogby
CO-07	Ed Perlmutter	Rick O'Donnell	Sep 25	5	54%	37%		SurveyUSA
CO-07	Ed Perlmutter	Rick O'Donnell	Aug 29	3	48%	46%		RT Strategies
CO-07	Ed Perlmutter	Rick O'Donnell	Aug 20	3	45%	45%		SurveyUSA
CO-07					43%	55%		2004 Election

CT-01	John Larson*	Scott MacLean	Nov 08	1	75%	25%		Election 2006
CT-01					73%	27%		2004 Election

CT-02	Joe Courtney	Robert Simmons*	Nov 08	1	50%	49%		Election 2006
CT-02	Joe Courtney	Robert Simmons*	Oct 30	3	48%	47%		Research 2000
CT-02	Joe Courtney	Robert Simmons*	Oct 29	6	42%	47%		Zogby
CT-02	Joe Courtney	Robert Simmons*	Oct 26	3	51%	45%		RT Strategies
CT-02	Joe Courtney	Robert Simmons*	Oct 18	7	44%	46%		U. of Conn.
CT-02	Joe Courtney	Robert Simmons*	Oct 02	8	41%	44%		Zogby
CT-02	Joe Courtney	Robert Simmons*	Aug 29	3	51%	45%		RT Strategies
CT-02					46%	54%		2004 Election

CT-03	Rosa DeLauro*	Joseph Vollano	Nov 08	1	78%	20%		Election 2006
CT-03					72%	25%		2004 Election

CT-04	Diane Farrell	Christopher Shays*	Nov 08	1	48%	51%		Election 2006
CT-04	Diane Farrell	Christopher Shays*	Oct 28	3	47%	43%		Research 2000
CT-04	Diane Farrell	Christopher Shays*	Oct 29	6	51%	44%		Zogby
CT-04	Diane Farrell	Christopher Shays*	Oct 26	3	43%	52%		RT Strategies
CT-04	Diane Farrell	Christopher Shays*	Oct 22	7	43%	43%		U. of Conn.
CT-04	Diane Farrell	Christopher Shays*	Oct 02	8	46%	41%		Zogby
CT-04	Diane Farrell	Christopher Shays*	Oct 01	7	40%	44%		U. of Conn.
CT-04	Diane Farrell	Christopher Shays*	Aug 29	3	42%	49%		RT Strategies
CT-04					48%	52%		2004 Election

CT-05	Chris Murphy	Nancy Johnson*	Nov 08	1	56%	44%		Election 2006
CT-05	Chris Murphy	Nancy Johnson*	Oct 29	3	46%	43%		Research 2000
CT-05	Chris Murphy	Nancy Johnson*	Oct 28	5	46%	42%		U.of Conn.
CT-05	Chris Murphy	Nancy Johnson*	Oct 26	3	51%	43%		RT Strategies
CT-05	Chris Murphy	Nancy Johnson*	Oct 10	3	46%	52%		RT Strategies
CT-05					38%	60%		2004 Election

DE-AL	Dennis Spivack	Michael Castle*	Nov 08	1	39%	57%		Election 2006
DE-AL	Dennis Spivack	Michael Castle*	Oct 24	7	24%	59%		FDU
DE-AL					30%	69%		2004 Election

FL-01	Joe Roberts	Jeff Miller*	Nov 08	1	31%	69%		Election 2006
FL-01					24%	77%		2004 Election

FL-02	Allen Boyd*	(None)	Nov 08	1	100%	0%		Election 2006
FL-02					62%	38%		2004 Election

FL-03	Corrine Brown*	(None)	Nov 08	1	100%	0%		Election 2006
FL-03					99%	0%		2004 Election

FL-04	Robert Harms	Ander Crenshaw*	Nov 08	1	30%	70%		Election 2006
FL-04					0	100%		2004 Election

FL-05	John Russell	Ginny Brown-Waite*	Nov 08	1	40%	60%		Election 2006
FL-05	John Russell	Ginny Brown-Waite*	Oct 30	4	41%	55%		SurveyUSA
FL-05	John Russell	Ginny Brown-Waite*	Oct 17	4	42%	55%		SurveyUSA
FL-05	John Russell	Ginny Brown-Waite*	Sep 19	3	40%	56%		SurveyUSA
FL-05					34%	66%		2004 Election

FL-06	David Bruderly	Cliff Stearns*	Nov 08	1	40%	60%		Election 2006
FL-06					36%	64%		2004 Election

FL-07	John Chagnon	John Mica*	Nov 08	1	38%	62%		Election 2006
FL-07					0	100%		2004 Election

FL-08	Charlie Stuart	Ric Keller*	Nov 08	1	46%	53%