2028 candidates
Primary and head-to-head polling for each candidate. Updated November 9, 2026.
Republicans
JD VanceVice President of the United States · 1st in the national primary average37.4%
Marco RubioUS Secretary of State · 2nd in the national primary average24.8%
Donald Trump Jr.3rd in the national primary average10.4%
Ron DeSantisGovernor of Florida · 4th in the national primary average7.6%
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.US Secretary of Health and Human Services · 5th in the national primary average4.8%
Nikki HaleyFormer US Ambassador to the United Nations · 6th in the national primary average4.1%
Democrats
Kamala HarrisFormer Vice President of the United States · 1st in the national primary average23.9%
Gavin NewsomGovernor of California · 2nd in the national primary average14.3%
Pete ButtigiegFormer US Secretary of Transportation · 3rd in the national primary average12.2%
Alexandria Ocasio-CortezUS Representative, New York's 14th district · 4th in the national primary average12.1%
Jon OssoffUS Senator, Georgia · 5th in the national primary average10.1%
Mark KellyUS Senator, Arizona · 6th in the national primary average7.2%
Josh ShapiroGovernor of Pennsylvania · 7th in the national primary average4.9%
Sources
Primary polls adapted from Wikipedia: Nationwide opinion polling for the 2028 Republican Party presidential primaries (revision 1384224925) - Statewide opinion polling for the 2028 Republican Party presidential primaries (revision 1383421160) - Nationwide opinion polling for the 2028 Democratic Party presidential primaries (revision 1384490676) - Statewide opinion polling for the 2028 Democratic Party presidential primaries (revision 1383986109). Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Poll lists adapted from Wikipedia: Nationwide opinion polling for the 2028 United States presidential election (revision 1384610890). Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; PollCheck averages are derived from them.
Office from Wikipedia (JD Vance (revision 1384547276), Marco Rubio (revision 1384086209), Ron DeSantis (revision 1384460320), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (revision 1384625337), Nikki Haley (revision 1384570888), Kamala Harris (revision 1383785023), Gavin Newsom (revision 1384465694), Pete Buttigieg (revision 1384583740), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (revision 1384538658), Jon Ossoff (revision 1384591592), Mark Kelly (revision 1384592293), Josh Shapiro (revision 1384453494)). Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photos: Donald Trump Jr. by Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source, cropped); Gavin Newsom by Charles Ommanney - Office of the Governor of California, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source, cropped); Josh Shapiro by Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0 (source, cropped); others official portraits, public domain (US government); see Photo credits.
Data through November 9, 2026.