House Effects
Monday, September 21, 202643 days until Election Day, November 3, 2026
Pollster record · how records are scored

Targoz Market Research

Method not recorded · scored polls from 2018 to 2024

Versus the field
+0.31
points of error vs. other pollsters in the same races, after shrinkage (unshrunk +1.58; 19% own record)
Average miss
5.9
points on the margin, as published
House effect
R+0.1
lean relative to other polls of the same races
Scored polls
33
31 races · 9 polls this cycle
By cycle

Record over time

Error relative to other pollsters in the same races (negative is better), and lean relative to them. Cycles with fewer than 10 scored polls are grayed: a handful of polls says little.

CyclePollsAvg. missVersus the fieldLean vs. field
201867.2+1.5D+0.6
201938.0+4.4D+7.9
2020115.4+1.4D+1.2
202114.9+2.2D+1.5
202284.8+1.3R+5.3
202446.4+1.5D+1.3
This cycle

2026 polls in the database

EndedRaceMatchupAs published
Aug 26, 2026Governor TNJerri Green v. Marsha BlackburnR+21
Aug 26, 2026Senate TNMarquita Bradshaw v. Bill HagertyR+25
Jul 26, 2026Governor FLDavid Jolly v. Byron DonaldsR+7
Apr 27, 2026Governor TNJerri Green v. Marsha BlackburnR+24
Feb 16, 2026Governor FLDavid Jolly v. Byron DonaldsR+5
Sep 18, 2025Governor FLDavid Jolly v. Byron DonaldsR+4
The receipts

Most recent scored polls

Polls in the final two months of a race with a certified result. “Others” is the average miss of other pollsters in the same race.

Poll dateRacePollResultMissOthers' miss
Nov 1, 20242024 PresidentD+3R+1.5D+4.5D+3.7
Nov 1, 20242024 Generic ballotD+3R+2.7D+5.7D+3.3
Oct 8, 20242024 Senate, TNR+23R+29.6D+6.6D+7.5
Oct 8, 20242024 President, TNR+21R+29.7D+8.7D+5.6
Nov 6, 20222022 Senate, PAR+5D+4.9R+9.9R+2.3
Nov 6, 20222022 Senate, OHR+7R+6.1R+0.9D+4.5
Nov 6, 20222022 Senate, GAR+2D+1.0R+3.0D+0.3
Nov 6, 20222022 Senate, AZD+3D+4.9R+1.9R+0.9
Nov 6, 20222022 Governor, PAD+6D+14.8R+8.8R+3.7
Nov 6, 20222022 Governor, OHR+30R+25.0R+5.0D+6.8
Nov 6, 20222022 Governor, GAR+14R+7.5R+6.5D+0.7
Nov 6, 20222022 Governor, AZR+2D+0.7R+2.7R+1.6
Nov 1, 20212021 Governor, VAD+3R+1.9D+4.9D+3.4
Jan 3, 20212020 Senate, GAEvenD+1.2R+1.2R+0.8
Jan 3, 20212020 Senate, GAD+2D+2.1R+0.1R+1.0
Oct 30, 20202020 President, MID+14D+2.8D+11.2D+4.3
Oct 30, 20202020 President, FLD+4R+3.4D+7.1D+5.4
Oct 30, 20202020 Senate, MID+11D+1.7D+9.3D+5.3
Oct 30, 20202020 Senate, MND+9D+5.2D+3.8D+4.4
Oct 30, 20202020 President, PAD+14D+1.2D+12.8D+3.9
Oct 30, 20202020 President, MND+9D+7.1D+1.9D+2.0
Oct 2, 20202020 Senate, AZD+10D+2.3D+7.7D+4.0
Oct 2, 20202020 President, AZR+1D+0.3R+1.3D+2.5
Sep 6, 20202020 PresidentD+1D+4.4R+3.2D+4.5
Nov 13, 20192019 Governor, LAD+4D+2.7D+1.3D+0.2
Oct 20, 20192019 Governor, MSR+1R+5.1D+4.1D+1.6
Oct 20, 20192019 Governor, KYD+19D+0.4D+18.6R+1.4
Oct 31, 20182018 Senate, TNEvenR+10.8D+10.8D+6.8
Oct 31, 20182018 Senate, FLR+4R+0.1R+3.9D+1.6
Oct 31, 20182018 Governor, TNR+9R+21.0D+12.0D+5.8
Oct 31, 20182018 Governor, FLR+1R+0.4R+0.6D+3.9
Oct 12, 20182018 Governor, TNR+12R+21.0D+9.0D+5.8
Oct 12, 20182018 Senate, TNR+4R+10.8D+6.8D+6.8