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2028 presidential average

Vance vs. Newsom. Newsom leads by 2.6 points in the On Point average of 17 public polls: a robust LOWESS fit through every poll, weighted by a 15.8 day recency half life, sample size, voter screen and pollster grade, with three bisquare passes that weigh down outliers.

17 polls12 pollstersUpdated Feb 28, 202630 days −4.4Public JSON
Vance43.5
MarginNewsom +2.6
Newsom46.1
Newest 17 polls
The average over time
N+10N+8N+6N+4N+2EvenV+2V+4V+6V+8SepOctNovDecJan 26FebNewsom +2.6
The line is the On Point average: a robust LOWESS fit through the polls, weighted by recency, sample, voter screen and pollster grade, refit three times so outliers count for lessDot size is each poll's weight todayHover or use the arrow keys to read any day

What moves the average today

Share of today's weight
YouGov / YahooFeb 12 · 511 LV · C18%Newsom +6.0
ZogbyJan 7 · 891 LV · NR18%Vance +3.6
The Argument/VerasightNov 17 · 1,508 RV · NR17%Newsom +7.2
On Point PollingFeb 28 · 316 RV · Gold17%Vance +5.0
On Point PollingFeb 28 · 250 LV · Gold15%Newsom +5.0
Big Data PollFeb 18 · 1,805 LV · Gold13%Newsom +6.4
EmersonOct 14 · 1,000 RV · Gold0.7%Vance +0.6
Echelon InsightsOct 20 · 1,010 LV · B0.6%Newsom +1.0
Every other poll together: 0.5%

Each poll's weight is its sample size, voter screen, pollster grade and age, with a 15.8 day half life, and those weights are the kernel of a robust LOWESS fit: a local line read at the day itself, with three bisquare passes that weigh down any poll far from the rest. No single poll can carry more than 15 percent. Gold Standard pollsters, On Point Polling, Big Data Poll, The Honest Poll, Emerson, Cygnal, Quantus Insights, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, carry the top grade. Rasmussen Reports and ActiVote are not counted. Trafalgar and InsiderAdvantage are marked R lean and moved toward the Democrat by their measured lean against other polls of the same races: Trafalgar 3.8 points over 35 polls, InsiderAdvantage 4.5 points over 43 polls.

All polls

17 of 17
On Point averageFeb 28, 202617 polls43.546.1Newsom +2.6100%
On Point PollingGoldFeb 28, 26316RV4338Vance +5.017.0%
On Point PollingGoldFeb 28, 26250LV4146Newsom +5.015.3%
Big Data PollGoldFeb 18, 261,805LV4753Newsom +6.413.1%
YouGov / YahooCFeb 12, 26511LV4349Newsom +6.018.0%
ZogbyNRJan 7, 26891LV4541Vance +3.617.6%
The Argument/VerasightNRNov 17, 251,508RV4654Newsom +7.217.2%
Morning ConsultC-Nov 16, 252,201RV4241Vance +1.00.4%
Overton InsightsNROct 29, 251,200RV4346Newsom +3.00.2%
Echelon InsightsBOct 20, 251,010LV4647Newsom +1.00.6%
YouGov / UMass LowellB-Oct 20, 251,000A3236Newsom +4.00%
EmersonGoldOct 14, 251,000RV4645Vance +0.60.7%
YouGov / YahooCSep 2, 251,690A4149Newsom +8.00%
Voter sample
Newsom +2.6
17 polls in the average