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Below the lineNew York: Hochul vs. BlakemanHochul+12.121 polls
2026 governor

New York governor average

Hochul vs. Blakeman. Hochul leads by 12.1 points in the On Point average of 21 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.

21 polls13 pollstersUpdated Oct 19, 202630 days +3.4Forecast D +16.5 · open the racePublic JSON
Hochul53.2
MarginHochul+12.1
Blakeman41.1
Newest 21 polls
The average over time
25%30%35%40%45%50%55%60%65%MayJunJulAugSepOct53.2Hochul41.1Blakeman
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
Emerson College/PIX11Oct 5 · 900 LV · Gold20%Hochul+12.0
Marist CollegeOct 4 · 1,361 RV · C20%Hochul+11.0
Quinnipiac UniversityOct 19 · 1,167 LV · C19%Hochul+14.0
co/efficient (R)Sep 25 · 1,046 LV · C+12%Hochul+7.0
Quinnipiac UniversitySep 20 · 1,026 LV · C7.7%Hochul+19.0
McLaughlin & Associates (R)Aug 31 · 800 LV · B7.4%Hochul+4.0
Siena CollegeSep 17 · 1,144 LV · C5.7%Hochul+9.0
Beacon Research (D)/Shaw & Co. Research (R)Oct 6 · 820 RV · NR5.3%Hochul+22.0
Every other poll together: 2.4%

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

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On Point averageOct 19, 202621 polls53.241.1Hochul+12.1100%
Quinnipiac UniversityCOct 19, 261,167LV5541Hochul+14.019.0%
Pollfinity ResearchNROct 12, 26499RV4744Hochul+3.01.9%
Beacon Research (D)/Shaw & Co. Research (R)NROct 6, 26820RV5331Hochul+22.05.3%
Emerson College/PIX11GoldOct 5, 26900LV5240Hochul+12.020.4%
Marist CollegeCOct 4, 261,361RV5342Hochul+11.020.3%
co/efficient (R)C+Sep 25, 261,046LV4841Hochul+7.011.7%
Quinnipiac UniversityCSep 20, 261,026LV5839Hochul+19.07.7%
Siena CollegeCSep 17, 261,144LV5041Hochul+9.05.7%
McLaughlin & Associates (R)BAug 31, 26800LV5046Hochul+4.07.4%
Concord Public Opinion PartnersNRAug 21, 26505LV5034Hochul+16.00.3%
Siena CollegeCAug 6, 26811LV4939Hochul+10.00.1%
Red Oak Strategic (R)NRJul 12, 262,000RV4743Hochul+4.00%
Voter sample
Hochul+12.1
21 polls in the average