Marist College Institute for Public Opinion partners with NPR and PBS News for national surveys that often include midterm-specific questions: enthusiasm, issue salience, and congressional preference.
Methodology
Marist uses a mix of live telephone and online data collection, with detailed reports on how likely voters are identified. Their national polls typically have larger samples than single-state surveys, which narrows the margin of error on topline numbers.
State work
Marist also fields polls in New York and other Northeastern states. In 2026, watch for their gubernatorial and House district work when New York and New Jersey redistribution battles heat up.
Using Marist data
Compare Marist's party-ID weighting assumptions with other pollsters. If Marist shows a closer generic ballot than CNN/SSRS, the difference often lies in how many independents each firm expects to turn out, not necessarily in "bias" toward one party.
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