ActiVote — U.S. Senate — Ohio

ActiVote Ohio U.S. Senate poll, released Oct 18, 2026; fieldwork Sep 26–Oct 18, 2026; median field date Oct 7; N=400 likely midterm voters; average expected error +/-4.9 pp. Two-candidate forced-choice result: Husted 50.2%, Sherrod Brown 49.8%. Pollster methodology differs from conventional surveys; do not present fractional lead as statistically decisive. Confirm Ohio contest exists among Votendi selected races and avoid duplicate import. Editorial decision 2026-10-19: retain this Ohio poll as Published, including in existing public outputs, by explicit editor instruction after prior publication on X. This is an editorial exception to the exclusion of other ActiVote records (347, 366, 367) for voluntary opt-in nonprobability sampling; it is not evidence that this Ohio sample is random. No result values or weights changed.