2026 forecast · Georgia 2nd

Sanford Bishop is all but certain to win Georgia's 2nd District.

Sanford Bishop vs Matt Day. The model has Bishop ahead by 24.3 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe DModel D +24.3Updated October 22, 2026
Sanford Bishop
Democrat
62.1%
208,070 projected votes
Matt Day
Republican
37.9%
126,843 projected votes
100%Bishop
0%Day
Bishop all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Bishop wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe D100% chance for Bishop
Model marginD +24.3No polls in the race
80 percent rangeD +32.9 to D +15.02,000 simulations
Projected votes334,913Bishop 62.1%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Georgia districts

14 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

Sanford BishopDemocrat · 100% to win
62.1%
Matt DayRepublican · 0% to win
37.9%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected district vote

334,913 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Sanford Bishop D208,07062.1%
Matt Day R126,84337.9%
Total334,913100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%100% Bishop0% Day14 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

The Georgia governor polling average
36%38%40%42%44%46%48%50%52%54%56%MayJunJulAugSepOct47.0Bottoms47.1Jackson
The line is the On Point average: a robust LOWESS fit through the polls, weighted by recency, sample, voter screen and pollster grade, refit three times so outliers count for lessDot size is each poll's weight todayHollow dot: a lean firm's poll as published; the filled dot is where the average counts it, after its measured lean is taken offHover or use the arrow keys to read any day
What moves the average today
InsiderAdvantage (R)Sep 23 · 1,200 LV · A+ · R lean, counted Bottoms +2.6 in the average16%Jackson +2.0
InsiderAdvantage (R)Oct 13 · 800 LV · A+ · R lean, counted Bottoms +2.6 in the average15%Jackson +2.0
UGA SPIA for the Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionOct 15 · 1,000 LV · NR15%Jackson +1.0
Quantus InsightsOct 17 · 755 LV · Gold15%Jackson +1.5
Big Data PollSep 23 · 678 LV · Gold15%Jackson +2.0
YouGovSep 18 · 3,299 LV · C14%Jackson +2.0
Every other poll together: 9.9%

This is the same On Point polling average as the full average page. The forecast reads the polls through its own Election Day projection, shown as the On Point average in the table below, and blends it with partisan lean and fundamentals.

Polls of the race

Full average
PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageNo polls

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
Bishop +24.3
Chance of winning
Sanford Bishop100%
Matt Day0%
Simulated vote
Sanford Bishop62.1%
Matt Day37.9%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanR +8.0
FundamentalsD +24.1
With pollsD +24.2
Early vote turnoutD +0.1
With early voteD +24.3

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Georgia, against the party mix the forecast expected of them, with similar states and primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +29R +29Partisan leanthe state's baselineR +8.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +24.1With pollsno pollsD +24.2With early voteturnout so farD +24.3
Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.