2026 polls
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Filter · Governor, Michigan
27 polls · Michigan
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| Field dates | Race | Pollster | Sample | Results |
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| Oct 20 to Oct 27, 2026 | Michigan Governor | CNN/SSRS | 768 Likely voters |
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| Sep 20 to Oct 27, 2026 | Michigan Governor | Guidant Polling and Strategy | 800 Likely voters |
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| Oct 26 to Oct 27, 2026 | Michigan Governor | Mitchell Research & Communications | 636 Likely voters |
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| Oct 8 to Oct 23, 2026 | Michigan Governor | Michigan State University Department of Political Science/Verasight | 1,383 Likely voters |
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| Oct 19 to Oct 22, 2026 | Michigan Governor | Glengariff Group, Inc. | 600 Likely voters |
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| Oct 2 to Oct 19, 2026 | Michigan Governor | Michigan State University Institute for Public Policy and Social Research/YouGov | 836 Likely voters |
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| Oct 15 to Oct 18, 2026 | Michigan Governor | Marist University | Not stated Likely voters |
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| Sep 28 to Oct 1, 2026 | Michigan Governor | Z to A Research Partisan sponsor: Democratic | 483 Likely voters |
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| Sep 24 to Sep 28, 2026 | Michigan Governor | Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. Research | 1,028 Likely voters |
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| Sep 21 to Sep 23, 2026 | Michigan Governor | co/efficient | 843 Likely voters |
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| Sep 15 to Sep 22, 2026 | Michigan Governor | The New York Times/Siena University | 605 Likely voters |
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| Sep 18 to Sep 21, 2026 | Michigan Governor | Cygnal/Beacon Research | 600 Likely voters |
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| Sep 16 to Sep 20, 2026 | Michigan Governor | Suffolk University | 500 Likely voters |
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| Sep 12 to Sep 14, 2026 | Michigan Governor | Emerson College | 1,000 Likely voters |
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| Sep 10 to Sep 14, 2026 | Michigan Governor | The Washington Post/George Mason University School of Policy and Government | 803 Likely voters |
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| Aug 22 to Aug 28, 2026 | Michigan Governor | EPIC-MRA | 600 Likely voters |
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| Aug 10 to Aug 20, 2026 | Michigan Governor | Michigan State University Institute for Public Policy and Social Research/YouGov | 779 Likely voters |
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| Aug 10 to Aug 20, 2026 | Michigan Governor | Michigan State University Institute for Public Policy and Social Research/YouGov | 913 Registered voters |
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| Aug 9 to Aug 11, 2026 | Michigan Governor | Fabrizio, Lee & Associates/Impact Research | 877 Likely voters |
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| Aug 6 to Aug 10, 2026 | Michigan Governor | Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. Research | 1,006 Registered voters |
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| Jul 24 to Jul 31, 2026 | Michigan Governor | EPIC-MRA | 600 Likely voters |
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| Jul 28 to Jul 29, 2026 | Michigan Governor | Mitchell Research & Communications | 672 Likely voters |
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| Jul 28 to Jul 29, 2026 | Michigan Governor | Mitchell Research & Communications | 672 Likely voters |
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| Jul 22 to Jul 24, 2026 | Michigan Governor | Glengariff Group, Inc. | 600 Likely voters |
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| Jul 22 to Jul 24, 2026 | Michigan Governor | Glengariff Group, Inc. | 600 Likely voters |
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| May 20 to May 23, 2026 | Michigan Governor | TIPP Insights Partisan sponsor: Republican | 1,456 Registered voters |
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| May 20 to May 23, 2026 | Michigan Governor | TIPP Insights | 1,163 Likely voters |
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- 53%Jocelyn Benson
- 41%John James
CNN/SSRS · Oct 20 to Oct 27, 2026 · 768 likely voters
- 50%Jocelyn Benson
- 45%John James
Guidant Polling and Strategy · Sep 20 to Oct 27, 2026 · 800 likely voters
- 49%Jocelyn Benson
- 44%John James
Mitchell Research & Communications · Oct 26 to Oct 27, 2026 · 636 likely voters
- 49%Jocelyn Benson
- 39%John James
Michigan State University Department of Political Science/Verasight · Oct 8 to Oct 23, 2026 · 1,383 likely voters
- 51%Jocelyn Benson
- 45%John James
Glengariff Group, Inc. · Oct 19 to Oct 22, 2026 · 600 likely voters
- 53%Jocelyn Benson
- 41%John James
Michigan State University Institute for Public Policy and Social Research/YouGov · Oct 2 to Oct 19, 2026 · 836 likely voters
- 51%Jocelyn Benson
- 45%John James
Marist University · Oct 15 to Oct 18, 2026 · sample not stated
- 50%Jocelyn Benson
- 40%John James
- 4%Anthony Hudson
- 1%Douglas Campbell
Z to A Research · Sep 28 to Oct 1, 2026 · 483 likely voters · Partisan sponsor: Democratic
- 54%Jocelyn Benson
- 45%John James
Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. Research · Sep 24 to Sep 28, 2026 · 1,028 likely voters
- 47%Jocelyn Benson
- 44%John James
co/efficient · Sep 21 to Sep 23, 2026 · 843 likely voters
- 48%Jocelyn Benson
- 43%John James
The New York Times/Siena University · Sep 15 to Sep 22, 2026 · 605 likely voters
- 45%Jocelyn Benson
- 38%John James
- 3%Anthony Hudson
- 1%Douglas Campbell
- 0%Donna Brandenburg
Cygnal/Beacon Research · Sep 18 to Sep 21, 2026 · 600 likely voters
- 51%Jocelyn Benson
- 34%John James
- 2%Douglas Campbell
- 1%Anthony Hudson
- 0%Donna Brandenburg
Suffolk University · Sep 16 to Sep 20, 2026 · 500 likely voters
- 49%Jocelyn Benson
- 42%John James
- 2%Anthony Hudson
- 1%Donna Brandenburg
- 1%Douglas Campbell
Emerson College · Sep 12 to Sep 14, 2026 · 1,000 likely voters
- 53%Jocelyn Benson
- 41%John James
The Washington Post/George Mason University School of Policy and Government · Sep 10 to Sep 14, 2026 · 803 likely voters
- 45%Jocelyn Benson
- 41%John James
EPIC-MRA · Aug 22 to Aug 28, 2026 · 600 likely voters
- 52%Jocelyn Benson
- 43%John James
Michigan State University Institute for Public Policy and Social Research/YouGov · Aug 10 to Aug 20, 2026 · 779 likely voters
- 49%Jocelyn Benson
- 39%John James
Michigan State University Institute for Public Policy and Social Research/YouGov · Aug 10 to Aug 20, 2026 · 913 registered voters
- 49%Jocelyn Benson
- 44%John James
Fabrizio, Lee & Associates/Impact Research · Aug 9 to Aug 11, 2026 · 877 likely voters
- 52%Jocelyn Benson
- 47%John James
Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. Research · Aug 6 to Aug 10, 2026 · 1,006 registered voters
- 47%Jocelyn Benson
- 38%John James
EPIC-MRA · Jul 24 to Jul 31, 2026 · 600 likely voters
- 46%Jocelyn Benson
- 44%John James
Mitchell Research & Communications · Jul 28 to Jul 29, 2026 · 672 likely voters
- 48%Jocelyn Benson
- 43%Perry Johnson
Mitchell Research & Communications · Jul 28 to Jul 29, 2026 · 672 likely voters
- 48%Jocelyn Benson
- 37%Perry Johnson
Glengariff Group, Inc. · Jul 22 to Jul 24, 2026 · 600 likely voters
- 44%Jocelyn Benson
- 39%John James
Glengariff Group, Inc. · Jul 22 to Jul 24, 2026 · 600 likely voters
- 46%Jocelyn Benson
- 35%John James
TIPP Insights · May 20 to May 23, 2026 · 1,456 registered voters · Partisan sponsor: Republican
- 49%Jocelyn Benson
- 38%John James
TIPP Insights · May 20 to May 23, 2026 · 1,163 likely voters
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Polling data from VoteHub (https://votehub.com/polls/api/), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Records reformatted by Election Wrld.
“Incumbent” marks a name that exactly matches the current holder of that seat in our officials files. Some polls were fielded in 2025. Last poll added to our copy: October 30, 2026. The polls API returns the same rows as JSON, or as CSV with ?format=csv.