congress-generic-ballot

DataHub and Anuar Ustayev (aka Anu)

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Updated:2 months ago

Files:2

Size:446 kB

Formats:csv

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/fivethirtyeight/congress-generic-ballot/

https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/congress-generic-ballot/_r/-/README.md

├ data/generic_polllist.csv

https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/congress-generic-ballot/_r/-/data/generic_polllist.csv

├ data/generic_topline.csv

https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/congress-generic-ballot/_r/-/data/generic_topline.csv

└ datapackage.json

https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/congress-generic-ballot/_r/-/datapackage.json

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datapackage.json— metadata & schema

https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/congress-generic-ballot/_r/-/datapackage.json

README.md— documentation

https://datahub.io/fivethirtyeight/congress-generic-ballot/_r/-/README.md

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generic_polllist

Field	Type	Format
subgroup	string	default
modeldate	string	default
startdate	string	default
enddate	string	default
pollster	string	default
grade	string	default
samplesize	integer	default
population	string	default
weight	number	default
influence	integer	default
dem	integer	default
rep	integer	default
adjusted_dem	number	default
adjusted_rep	number	default
multiversions	string	default
tracking	string	default
url	string	default
poll_id	integer	default
question_id	integer	default
createddate	string	default
timestamp	string	default

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Last updated: 12 March 2026
Total rows: ...
Format: CSV
File size: 334 kB
Source: FiveThirtyEight - Congress Generic Ballot

generic_topline

Field	Type	Format
subgroup	string	default
modeldate	string	default
dem_estimate	number	default
dem_hi	number	default
dem_lo	number	default
rep_estimate	number	default
rep_hi	number	default
rep_lo	number	default
timestamp	string	default

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Last updated: 12 March 2026
Total rows: ...
Format: CSV
File size: 111 kB
Source: FiveThirtyEight - Congress Generic Ballot

About this dataset

Congress Generic Ballot Polls

This file contains links to the data behind Are Democrats Winning The Race For Congress?

This dataset was scraped from FiveThirtyEight - congress-generic-ballot