2026 forecast · New Hampshire 2nd

Maggie Goodlander is all but certain to win New Hampshire's 2nd District.

Maggie Goodlander vs Lily Tang Williams. The model has Goodlander ahead by 21.3 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe DModel D +21.3Polls R +0.0Updated October 22, 2026
Maggie Goodlander
Democrat
59.5%
205,028 projected votes
Lily Tang Williams
Republican
38.2%
131,619 projected votes
100%Goodlander
0%Williams
Goodlander all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Goodlander wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe D100% chance for Goodlander
Model marginD +21.3Polls R +0.0
80 percent rangeD +29.0 to D +13.42,000 simulations
Projected votes344,275Goodlander 59.6%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

New Hampshire districts

2 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

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

Maggie GoodlanderDemocrat · 100% to win
59.5%
Lily Tang WilliamsRepublican · 0% to win
38.2%

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

344,275 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Maggie Goodlander D205,02859.6%
Lily Tang Williams R131,61938.2%
Robbie Mahrou I7,6292.2%
Total344,275100%

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% Goodlander0% Williams14 updates agoToday

Polling

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

The New Hampshire governor polling average
30%35%40%45%50%55%60%JulAugSepOct40.6Warmington51.6Ayotte
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 todayHover or use the arrow keys to read any day
What moves the average today
New York Times/Siena UniversitySep 22 · 613 LV · Gold16%Ayotte +11.0
YouGovOct 5 · 1,520 LV · C16%Ayotte +9.0
National Public AffairsOct 12 · 600 LV · NR16%Ayotte +16.0
Saint Anselm College for AARPSep 29 · 1,042 LV · C+15%Ayotte +7.0
University of New HampshireSep 21 · 1,418 LV · C-14%Ayotte +4.0
co/efficient (R)Sep 11 · 958 LV · C+13%Ayotte +21.0
Every other poll together: 9.7%

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 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
Goodlander +21.3
Chance of winning
Maggie Goodlander100%
Lily Tang Williams0%
Simulated vote
Maggie Goodlander59.5%
Lily Tang Williams38.2%
Robbie Mahrou2.2%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanR +4.0
FundamentalsD +21.3
With pollsD +21.1
Early vote turnoutD +0.3
With early voteD +21.3

New Hampshire has no early vote reported yet, so its turnout correction comes from similar states that do and from its primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

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

D +26R +26Partisan leanthe state's baselineR +4.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +21.3With pollsaverage R +0.0D +21.1With early voteturnout so farD +21.3
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.