United States / 2026 US Midterm Elections
Focaldata/Financial Times
Voting intention · published 6 Sept 2026
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Election
- 2026 US Midterm Elections
- Polling institute
- Focaldata/Financial Times
- Published
- 6 Sept 2026
- Fieldwork
- 28 Aug 2026 – 2 Sept 2026
- Sample size
- 1,837
- Margin of error
- ±2.3 est. (Not published: estimated from sample size (95%, simple random sample))
- Methodology
- Not published
Results
Focaldata/Financial Times, 6 Sept 2026: Democratic leads with 52.0%, 7.0 points ahead of Republican.
- Democratic Party52.0%+1.0 percentage points
- Republican Party45.0%±0.0 percentage points
Change in percentage points vs. the previous poll by the same institute for this election.
How to read a poll
- Sample size is how many people were asked. More people means less random error, never none.
- ±3 is the margin of error: the real figure is likely within 3 points either way of the one shown.
- Two polls can differ because they were taken on different dates, with different methods and different samples.
- est. means the institute did not publish a margin of error, so it is estimated from the sample size.
- The average smooths this out: it combines recent polls, so one unusual poll cannot swing the picture.