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Interactive election forecast

2026 U.S. Forecast

Probabilistic ratings, win probabilities, and seat projections for every Governor, Senate, and House race — plus all 88 state legislative chambers on the ballot — with live maps, a demographic swingometer, and race-by-race detail.

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About this forecast

How the 2026 ElectIndex forecast works

The ElectIndex forecast estimates the outcome of every 2026 race for the U.S. House of Representatives, the Senate, the states electing governors, and the 88 state legislative chambers on the ballot. Each result is a probability, not a prediction — a way to see the full range of plausible outcomes and the uncertainty behind them.

Every race combines two ingredients. A fundamentals estimate captures what we know before the polls — the seat's partisan lean, incumbency, candidate fundraising, and the demographic makeup of the electorate. A polling average captures what voters are telling pollsters right now. The model weights the two by how much quality polling a race has accumulated, so early on the fundamentals carry most of the signal and the polls take over as Election Day nears.

Sitting on top of every race is the national environment — generic-ballot polling, presidential approval, and a basket of economic indicators from the Federal Reserve. When the environment shifts, every race moves with it, and the three chambers are simulated together, so a strong night for one party tends to carry across the board.

A probability measures uncertainty, not destiny. A candidate with a 70% chance still loses about three times in ten — treat the number like a weather forecast. The Swingometer lets you test that uncertainty yourself by reshaping the electorate and watching the seat totals respond.

Three chambers

Win probabilities and seat projections for the U.S. House, Senate, and governorships, updated as new data lands.

Swingometer

Dial demographic groups up or down and watch all three chambers recompute live.

The National Map

Every race painted onto one map of the country — zoom from all fifty states down to counties, towns, districts, and individual precincts.

Race pages

Every contest broken down: polling average, fundamentals, the blend, and a county-level projection.

Open data

No paywall. Download the underlying CSVs and read the full methodology, equations and all.

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