2026 forecast · Indiana 5th

Victoria Spartz is very likely to win Indiana's 5th District.

J.D. Ford vs Victoria Spartz. The model has Spartz ahead by 10.9 points, winning 95 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Likely RModel R +10.9Polls R +0.0Updated October 22, 2026
J.D. Ford
Democrat
44.5%
91,446 projected votes
Victoria Spartz
Republican
55.5%
113,832 projected votes
95%Spartz
5%Ford
Spartz very likelyEach square is one simulated election night, Spartz wins about 95 of 100
RatingLikely R95% chance for Spartz
Model marginR +10.9Polls R +0.0
80 percent rangeR +2.5 to R +19.02,000 simulations
Projected votes205,278Spartz 55.5%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Indiana districts

9 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

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

J.D. FordDemocrat · 5% to win
44.5%
Victoria SpartzRepublican · 95% to win
55.5%

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

205,278 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Victoria Spartz R113,83255.5%
J.D. Ford D91,44644.5%
Total205,278100%

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%5% Ford95% Spartz16 updates agoToday

Polling

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

Polls of the race

PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageR +0.0

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
Spartz +10.9
Chance of winning
J.D. Ford5%
Victoria Spartz95%
Simulated vote
J.D. Ford44.5%
Victoria Spartz55.5%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +17.0
FundamentalsR +10.8
With pollsR +10.8
Early vote turnoutR +0.1
With early voteR +10.9

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Indiana, 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 +20R +20Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +17.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +10.8With pollsaverage R +0.0R +10.8With early voteturnout so farR +10.9
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.