Polls · 2028 presidential election, national
Big Data Poll , 15 September 2026
Big Data Poll has JD Vance ahead of Marco Rubio by 22 points in 2028 presidential election, national, 38% to 16%. Since its previous poll (27 May 2026): Nikki Haley +2.2 (3.8 → 6).
| Race | 2028 presidential election, national |
|---|---|
| Fieldwork | 13 September 2026 – 15 September 2026 |
| Stage | primary R |
| Sample | 1,110 (likely voters) |
| Method | mixed: online (Lucid/CINT) plus live-agent phone and P2P SMS text-to-web from L2/Aristotle voter files |
| Release | release |
| In our average | No: a primary, another matchup, an older poll of the same pollster, or older than the window |
Main
JD Vance R |
38 | |
Marco Rubio R |
16 | |
| Undecided | 11 | |
| Other | 10 | |
Ron DeSantis R |
8 | |
Nikki Haley R |
6 | |
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. R |
6 | |
Ted Cruz R |
4 |
Against the other polls
Against the median of the 3 other polls of this race taken within a week of it: JD Vance 38% against 35%.
Photo credits
1 official portrait from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (US government work, public domain): Ted Cruz.
- JD Vance: Photo: Emily J. Higgins, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:March_2026_Official_Vice_Presidential_Portrait_of_JD_Vance.jpg)
- Marco Rubio: Photo: U.S. Department of State, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Secretary_Marco_Rubio.jpg)
- Nikki Haley: Photo: United States Department of State, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nikki_Haley_official_photo.jpg)
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Photo: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr.,_official_portrait_(2025)_(cropped_3-4).jpg)
- Ron DeSantis: Photo: United States Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ron_DeSantis_113th_Congress.jpg)





