2026 forecast · Louisiana 2nd

Troy Carter is all but certain to win Louisiana's 2nd District.

Troy Carter vs Peter Williams. The model has Carter ahead by 66.9 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe DModel D +66.9Updated October 22, 2026
Troy Carter
Democrat
83.5%
215,027 projected votes
Peter Williams
Republican
16.6%
42,656 projected votes
100%Carter
0%Williams
Carter all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Carter wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe D100% chance for Carter
Model marginD +66.9No polls in the race
80 percent rangeD +73.3 to D +59.92,000 simulations
Projected votes257,683Carter 83.4%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Louisiana districts

6 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

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

Troy CarterDemocrat · 100% to win
83.5%
Peter WilliamsRepublican · 0% to win
16.6%

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

257,683 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Troy Carter D215,02783.4%
Peter Williams R42,65616.6%
Total257,683100%

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% Carter0% Williams15 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
Carter +66.9
Chance of winning
Troy Carter100%
Peter Williams0%
Simulated vote
Troy Carter83.5%
Peter Williams16.6%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanR +47.0
FundamentalsD +67.0
With pollsD +67.0
Early vote turnoutR +0.1
With early voteD +66.9

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Louisiana, 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 +80R +80Partisan leanthe state's baselineR +47.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +67.0With pollsno pollsD +67.0With early voteturnout so farD +66.9
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.