538data/polls/README.md

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https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls-page/data/president_primary_polls.csv https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls-page/data/president_primary_polls_historical.csv https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls-page/data/president_polls.csv https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls-page/data/president_polls_historical.csv https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls-page/data/senate_polls.csv https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls-page/data/senate_polls_historical.csv https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls-page/data/house_polls.csv https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls-page/data/house_polls_historical.csv https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls-page/data/governor_polls.csv https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls-page/data/governor_polls_historical.csv https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls-page/data/president_approval_polls.csv https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls-page/data/generic_ballot_polls.csv https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls-page/data/generic_ballot_polls_historical.csv https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-primary-data/pres_primary_avgs_2020.csv https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-general-data/presidential_poll_averages_2020.csv

This file contains links to the polling data behind our Latest Polls dashboard.

Polls

Current polls files contain data since the most recent election. Historical files contain data prior to the most recent election.

• Presidential Primary Polls: current, historical
• Presidential General Election Polls: current, historical
• Senate Polls: current, historical
• House Polls: current, historical
• Governor Polls: current, historical
• Presidential Approval Polls*: current
• Generic Ballot Polls: current, historical

*Historical approval polls are not available, however The Roper Center maintains a collection of historical approval polls.

Polling Averages

• Presidential Primary Polling Averages (2020)
• Presidential Primary Polling Averages (1980-2016)
• Presidential General Election Polling Averages (2020)
• Presidential General Election Polling Averages (1968-2016)

Please see What Makes Our New 2020 Democratic Primary Polling Averages Different for more information about the methodology used to calculate polling averages. For more information about the general election polling averages, please see Our New Polling Averages Show Biden Leads Trump By 9 Points Nationally .