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

Fabrizio, Lee & Associates

Method: live phone mix · scored polls from 2008 to 2024 · 53% of scored polls were for a party or campaign

Versus the field
−0.09
points of error vs. other pollsters in the same races, after shrinkage (unshrunk −0.42; 10% own record)
Average miss
4.0
points on the margin, as published
House effect
R+0.3
lean relative to other polls of the same races
Scored polls
19
18 races · 6 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
200823.5+0.7R+1.6
201423.00.9D+1.7
2015111.70.1Even
201823.01.2R+3.2
202010.35.0R+0.6
2022104.20.1R+2.8
202412.41.9D+0.3
This cycle

2026 polls in the database

EndedRaceMatchupAs published
Aug 30, 2026Senate NHChris Pappas v. John SununuR+1
Aug 6, 2026FL-13Leela Gray v. Anna Paulina LunaR+8
Jul 22, 2026FL-13Leela Gray v. Anna Paulina LunaR+8
Dec 17, 2025Generic ballotD+7
May 19, 2025Generic ballotEven
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
Sep 29, 20242024 House, NY-1R-ALIGNEDR+8R+10.4D+2.4D+6.1
Oct 27, 20222022 House, CT-5EvenD+0.2R+0.2D+2.4
Oct 27, 20222022 House, CT-4D+16D+19.9R+3.9
Oct 27, 20222022 House, CT-2D+21D+18.0D+2.5
Oct 26, 20222022 Senate, AZR-ALIGNEDD+1D+4.9R+4.4R+0.9
Oct 26, 20222022 Governor, AZR-ALIGNEDR+3D+0.7R+3.7R+1.7
Oct 19, 20222022 Governor, NHR-ALIGNEDR+17R+15.5R+1.5R+0.2
Oct 19, 20222022 Senate, NHR-ALIGNEDD+2D+9.1R+7.1R+3.6
Oct 13, 20222022 Senate, CTD+5D+13.1R+8.1D+3.5
Oct 13, 20222022 Governor, CTD+7D+11.4R+4.9D+4.5
Sep 27, 20222022 Governor, ILR-ALIGNEDD+7D+12.5R+6.0D+2.1
Sep 16, 20202020 Senate, AZR-ALIGNEDD+2D+2.3R+0.3D+4.1
Oct 18, 20182018 Senate, WVR-ALIGNEDR+2D+3.3R+5.3D+3.9
Sep 6, 20182018 House, KY-6R-ALIGNEDR+4R+3.2R+0.8D+4.3
Oct 14, 20152015 Governor, KYD+3R+8.7D+11.7D+11.7
Sep 28, 20142014 Governor, ILR-ALIGNEDD+2R+3.9D+5.9D+4.0
Feb 17, 20142014 House, FL-13R+2R+1.9R+0.1D+2.2
Oct 26, 20082008 President, FLD+4D+2.8D+1.2R+0.7
Sep 30, 20082008 President, FLR+3D+2.8R+5.8R+0.7