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Minnesota Governor polls

Amy Klobuchar (D) vs Lisa Demuth (R). The polls in the poll average, each with its weight and source, then every public poll on file. The forecast itself lives on the race page.

Poll averageD+8.2the polls’ average, each as published · same figure as the race page
Polls1414 on file · 11 in the poll average · 3 not counted
Latest field dateOct 12Eligible polls: latest poll: 2026-10-12 (12 days old)
EditionOct 23the poll average and its weights as of this edition

The polls and the poll average

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Oct 23, 2026D+8.2today's poll average of 11 polls

R+5EVEND+5D+10D+15D+20Mar ’26MayJulSep
  • poll in the average · area is its weight
  • trend through the counted polls · ends on today's average

The line is a trend, not the average as it stood each day: the same polls and weights, with each poll leaning in smoothly over the weeks before its date. It starts at the first counted poll and ends on today's average.

Data table
The poll average as the edition published it for each stretch of days, and the trend line drawn over the same days.
DaysAverage as it stoodTrend line
Oct 23, 2026D+8.2D+8.2
Oct 12–Oct 22, 2026D+8.2D+8.2
Oct 7–Oct 11, 2026D+8.4D+8.2
Sep 15–Oct 6, 2026D+7.7D+7.7 to D+8.2
Sep 14, 2026D+10.1D+7.7
Sep 2–Sep 13, 2026D+11.6D+11.4 to D+7.8
Aug 17–Sep 1, 2026D+13.3D+13.3 to D+11.6
Jun 10–Aug 16, 2026D+9.9D+9.9 to D+13.3
Feb 8–Jun 9, 2026D+14.1D+14.1 to D+9.9
Jan 30–Feb 7, 2026D+15.0D+14.6 to D+14.1

The forecast then counts a poll sponsored by a party or campaign at full weight and moves its margin 2 points against that party, which puts the average it reads at D+8.5.

Every poll on file · 14

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11 in the poll average · 3 shown, not counted · 7 primary polls on file, not listed here

PollsterFieldedSampleResultAddedWeightSource
●SurveyUSAGeneral718 LVD+7.0Amy Klobuchar 48Lisa Demuth 41Don't know 8Steven Young 30.64Poll release
●Mason-DixonGeneral · Governor800 LVD+9.0Amy Klobuchar 50Lisa Demuth 410.64Poll release
●Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc.General800 LVD+9.0Amy Klobuchar 50Lisa Demuth 41Don't know 8Someone else 0.80.64Poll release
●Morning ConsultGeneral1,000 RVD+9.0Amy Klobuchar 48Lisa Demuth 39Don't know 9Someone else 40.72Poll release
GQRGeneral · Governor · DEM sponsor · DEM partisan800 LVD+9.0Peggy Flanagan 53Michele Tafoya 44not in the averagePollster post
●co/efficientGeneral833 LVD+2.0Amy Klobuchar 47Lisa Demuth 45Don't know 90.51Poll release
●SurveyUSAGeneral654 LVD+7.0Amy Klobuchar 47Lisa Demuth 40Don't know 9Steven Young 30.44Poll release
●TIPP InsightsGeneral · REP sponsor · REP partisan1,192 LVD+9.8Amy Klobuchar 49.67Lisa Demuth 39.83Don't know 4.22Someone else 3.2Steven Young 3.08+1 other release0.52News coverage
●SurveyUSAGeneral661 LVD+16.0Amy Klobuchar 52Lisa Demuth 36Don't know 12Steven Young 10.32Poll release
●Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc.General800 LVAmy Klobuchar 53Mike Lindell 36Don't know 11Someone else 1+2 other releases0.16Poll release
●Emerson CollegeGeneral1,000 LVD+13.4Amy Klobuchar 51.1Lisa Demuth 37.7Don't know 6.6Someone else 4.6+1 other release0.04Poll release
●SurveyUSAGeneral · Governor575 RVAmy Klobuchar 49Phil Parrish 32+10 other releases0.03Poll release

Archive source date 2026-10-24. Archive records may be newer than the sealed forecast; inclusion here does not mean the forecast uses them.

Model rows carry what the source record provides: pollster, field dates, sample size and D/R shares where published. Archive rows come from the broad public harvest. Poll data via VoteHub, used under CC BY 4.0. Poll data from The New York Times, used under CC BY 4.0.