Find a poll

Tap a state, a sticky note or a race in the list. Colour is the current On Point average: pale when close, deep when safe.

KeySafe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe RLean IDrawing the map
Every race32
Below the lineGeorgia: Bottoms vs. JacksonJackson+0.114 polls
2026 governor

Georgia governor average

Bottoms vs. Jackson. Jackson leads by 0.1 points in the On Point average of 14 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.

14 polls11 pollstersUpdated Oct 17, 202630 days −3.3Forecast D +0.6 · open the racePublic JSON
Bottoms47.0
MarginJackson+0.1
Jackson47.1
Newest 14 polls
The average over time
36%38%40%42%44%46%48%50%52%54%56%MayJunJulAugSepOct47.0Bottoms47.1Jackson
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 todayHollow dot: a lean firm's poll as published; the filled dot is where the average counts it, after its measured lean is taken offHover or use the arrow keys to read any day

What moves the average today

Share of today's weight
InsiderAdvantage (R)Sep 23 · 1,200 LV · A+ · R lean, counted Bottoms+2.6 in the average16%Jackson+2.0
InsiderAdvantage (R)Oct 13 · 800 LV · A+ · R lean, counted Bottoms+2.6 in the average15%Jackson+2.0
UGA SPIA for the Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionOct 15 · 1,000 LV · NR15%Jackson+1.0
Quantus InsightsOct 17 · 755 LV · Gold15%Jackson+1.5
Big Data PollSep 23 · 678 LV · Gold15%Jackson+2.0
YouGovSep 18 · 3,299 LV · C14%Jackson+2.0
InsiderAdvantage (R)Aug 17 · 800 LV · A+ · R lean, counted Bottoms+4.6 in the average6.9%Even
Quantus InsightsAug 1 · 815 LV · Gold2.6%Bottoms+1.0

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 Lean R and Impact Research Lean D. The tables show every poll as published; the average counts a lean firm's poll moved the other way by its measured lean against other polls of the same races, and the chart shows that move as a hollow dot for the poll as published joined to the filled dot the average counts: Trafalgar 3.8 points right over 35 polls, InsiderAdvantage 4.6 points right over 42 polls, Impact Research 0.0 points left over 0 polls.

All polls

14 of 14
On Point averageOct 17, 202614 polls47.047.1Jackson+0.1100%
Quantus InsightsGoldOct 17, 26755LV4849Jackson+1.515.0%
UGA SPIA for the Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionNROct 15, 261,000LV4546Jackson+1.015.2%
InsiderAdvantage (R)A+Lean ROct 13, 26800LV4749Jackson+2.015.3%
Big Data PollGoldSep 23, 26678LV4749Jackson+2.014.6%
InsiderAdvantage (R)A+Lean RSep 23, 261,200LV4648Jackson+2.015.9%
YouGovCSep 18, 263,299LV4446Jackson+2.014.0%
InsiderAdvantage (R)A+Lean RAug 17, 26800LV4646Even6.9%
Quantus InsightsGoldAug 1, 26815LV4645Bottoms+1.02.6%
Fabrizio Ward and Impact Research bipartisanBJul 16, 261,060LV4846Bottoms+2.00.4%
State NavigateNRJul 13, 26448LV5144Bottoms+7.00%
WickB-Jun 30, 261,175LV4343Even0%
Beacon Research and Shaw & Co. Research bipartisanNRJun 27, 261,002RV5247Bottoms+5.00%
Voter sample
Jackson+0.1
14 polls in the average