How to cite

Required cite: “PollingSource average (pollingsource.com)”

Race number example: “Roy Cooper leads by 9.3 points in the PollingSource average (pollingsource.com/senate/NC).”

Always name the race page. The table on that page is the source. If you can see the polls, you can recompute the number.

What the average is

The unweighted mean of the last three scientific public polls. Fewer than three uses the polls that exist. One poll sets the rating when it ended in the last 30 days. If the newest poll is older than 30 days, the cited figure is still the last three, or fewer, not a 30-day mean, and the rating stays the expert consensus. No house effects. No sample-size weights. Campaign- and party-sponsored polls stay in and are flagged. Unscientific self-select polls and other sites’ averages stay out.

The full rules are on the Methodology page.

Embed and API

• Every race page has a copy-paste iframe under the trend chart. The embed credits and links back to PollingSource.
• Platforms that support oEmbed can pull the chart from the race URL.
• Public JSON at /api/v1. Free with attribution: cite the PollingSource average and link the race page.

Useful bookmarks

• Today’s Source — the daily briefing
• Senate map · House · Governors
• Generic ballot · Trump approval
• Outside spending · Pollster track records
• Named Senate races this cycle: Maine, Texas, Ohio, Kansas, Michigan, North Carolina

Newsroom contact

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