2026 forecast · Indiana 7th

Andre Carson is all but certain to win Indiana's 7th District.

Andre Carson vs Patrick McAuley. The model has Carson ahead by 53.9 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe DModel D +53.9Updated October 22, 2026
Andre Carson
Democrat
76.0%
148,651 projected votes
Patrick McAuley
Republican
22.1%
43,249 projected votes
100%Carson
0%McAuley
Carson all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Carson wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe D100% chance for Carson
Model marginD +53.9No polls in the race
80 percent rangeD +60.4 to D +46.82,000 simulations
Projected votes195,460Carson 76.1%

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

Andre CarsonDemocrat · 100% to win
76.0%
Patrick McAuleyRepublican · 0% to win
22.1%

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

195,460 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Andre Carson D148,65176.1%
Patrick McAuley R43,24922.1%
James Sceniak L3,5601.8%
Total195,460100%

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% Carson0% McAuley16 updates agoToday

Polling

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

Polls of the race

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
Carson +53.9
Chance of winning
Andre Carson100%
Patrick McAuley0%
Simulated vote
Andre Carson76.0%
Patrick McAuley22.1%
James Sceniak1.8%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanR +41.0
FundamentalsD +54.0
With pollsD +54.0
Early vote turnoutR +0.1
With early voteD +53.9

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 +65R +65Partisan leanthe state's baselineR +41.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +54.0With pollsno pollsD +54.0With early voteturnout so farD +53.9
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.