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New Hampshire Governor polls 2026

Cinde Warmington (D) vs Kelly Ayotte (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 averageR+10.9the polls’ average, each as published · same figure as the race page
Polls2121 on file · 13 in the poll average · 8 not counted
Latest field dateOct 20Eligible polls: latest poll: 2026-10-20 (8 days old)
EditionOct 28the poll average and its weights as of this edition

The polls and the poll average

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Oct 28, 2026R+10.9today's poll average of 13 polls

R+25R+20R+15R+10R+5EvenD+5May ’26JulSep
  • 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 28, 2026R+10.9R+10.9
Oct 20–Oct 27, 2026R+10.9R+10.9
Oct 12–Oct 19, 2026R+11.1R+11.1 to R+10.9
Oct 5–Oct 11, 2026R+10.3R+10.7 to R+11.1
Sep 29–Oct 4, 2026R+10.6R+10.4 to R+10.6
Sep 22–Sep 28, 2026R+11.7R+11.1 to R+10.4
Sep 21, 2026R+11.8R+11.3
Sep 11–Sep 20, 2026R+13.2R+12.9 to R+11.4
Aug 24–Sep 10, 2026R+9.0R+9.0 to R+13.0
Aug 18–Aug 23, 2026R+8.4R+8.9 to R+9.0
Jun 25–Aug 17, 2026R+6.8R+6.8 to R+8.9
Jun 23–Jun 24, 2026R+6.2R+6.8
Apr 21–Jun 22, 2026R+7.6R+7.6 to R+6.8
Mar 18–Apr 20, 2026R+7.0R+7.0 to R+7.6

In governor races 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 R+10.7.

Every poll on file · 21

newest added first

13 in the poll average · 8 shown, not counted

PollsterFieldedSampleResultAddedWeightSource
Saint AnselmGeneral · Governor1,672 LVR+8.0Kelly Ayotte 50Cinde Warmington 425d agocounted once · listed twicePoll release
●St. AnselmGeneral1,672 LVR+8.0Kelly Ayotte 50Cinde Warmington 42Don't know 5Someone else 36d ago0.91Poll release
●National Public AffairsGeneral · REP sponsor · REP partisan600 LVR+16.0Kelly Ayotte 54Cinde Warmington 38Don't know 5Stephen Villee 30.55Poll document
●The New York Times/Siena CollegeGeneral613 LVR+11.5Kelly Ayotte 52.31Cinde Warmington 40.84Don't know 6.31Someone else 0.540.44News coverage
●University of New Hampshire Survey CenterGeneral1,407 LVR+4.0Kelly Ayotte 47Cinde Warmington 43Don't know 7Stephen Villee 2Someone else 10.65Poll release
●co/efficientGeneral958 LVR+21.0Kelly Ayotte 55Cinde Warmington 34Don't know 9Stephen Villee 30.49Poll release
●YouGovGeneral1,520 LVR+9.0Kelly Ayotte 49Cinde Warmington 40Don't know 11Would not vote 1Someone else 00.77Poll document
●St. AnselmGeneral1,042 LVR+7.0Kelly Ayotte 52Cinde Warmington 45Someone else 2Don't know 10.63Poll release
●University of New Hampshire Survey CenterGeneral1,878 LVR+10.0Kelly Ayotte 49Cinde Warmington 39Don't know 9Someone else 30.47Poll release
Saint Anselm College Survey CenterGeneral · Governor1,411 LVR+11.0Kelly Ayotte 49Cinde Warmington 38counted once · listed twicePoll release
●St. AnselmGeneral1,411 LVR+11.0Kelly Ayotte 49Cinde Warmington 38Don't know 130.44Poll release
Saint AnselmGeneral · Governor1,614 RVR+8.0Kelly Ayotte 45Cinde Warmington 37counted once · listed twicePoll release

Poll archive as of October 29, 2026. It can hold polls newer than the forecast; a poll listed here is not necessarily in it.

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.