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Race polling · HOU-WA-3

WA-3 House polls 2026

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D) vs John Braun (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+0.7the polls’ average, each as published · same figure as the race page
Polls77 on file · 5 in the poll average · 2 not counted
Latest field dateOct 21Eligible polls: latest poll: 2026-10-21 (7 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+0.7today's poll average of 5 polls

R+10R+5EvenD+5May ’26JulSep
  • poll in the average · area is its weight
  • not counted · shown, never moves the line
  • trend through the counted polls · ends on today's average
  • left of the break: 1 earlier poll, not on the time axis

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+0.7R+0.7
Oct 21–Oct 27, 2026R+0.7R+0.7
Sep 27–Oct 20, 2026R+2.0R+2.0 to R+0.7
Jul 10–Sep 26, 2026R+2.8R+2.8 to R+2.1
Apr 29–Jul 9, 2026R+7.0R+7.0 to R+2.8

In House 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+1.7.

Every poll on file · 7

newest added first

5 in the poll average · 2 shown, not counted

PollsterFieldedSampleResultAddedWeightSource
●Change ResearchGeneral · House · DEM sponsor · DEM partisan551 LVD+1.0Marie Gluesenkamp Perez 45John Braun 446d ago0.59Poll release
●DHM ResearchGeneral543 LVR+2.0John Braun 46Marie Gluesenkamp Perez 440.18Poll release
●DHM ResearchGeneral543 LVR+1.0John Braun 48Marie Gluesenkamp Perez 47Don't know 50.44Poll release
Voter SciencesGeneral · R sponsor · R partisan600 RVR+7.0John Braun 48Marie Gluesenkamp Perez 410 · not countedPoll release
●Emerson CollegeGeneral · House · DEM sponsor · DEM partisan500 LVR+1.0John Braun 45Marie Gluesenkamp Perez 44+1 other release0.17Poll release
Voter SciencesGeneral · House · REP sponsor · REP partisan— RVR+6.3John Braun 47.55Marie Gluesenkamp Perez 41.29not in the averagePoll release
●co/efficientGeneral · REP sponsor · REP partisan982 LVD+1.0Generic Democrat 45Generic Republican 44Don't know 11+1 other release0.10News coverage

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.