2026 forecast · Pennsylvania 11th

Lloyd Smucker is all but certain to win Pennsylvania's 11th District.

Nancy Mannion vs Lloyd Smucker. The model has Smucker ahead by 30.4 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe RModel R +30.4Updated October 22, 2026
Nancy Mannion
Democrat
34.8%
124,649 projected votes
Lloyd Smucker
Republican
65.2%
233,531 projected votes
100%Smucker
0%Mannion
Smucker all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Smucker wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe R100% chance for Smucker
Model marginR +30.4No polls in the race
80 percent rangeR +23.0 to R +37.42,000 simulations
Projected votes358,180Smucker 65.2%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Pennsylvania districts

17 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

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

Nancy MannionDemocrat · 0% to win
34.8%
Lloyd SmuckerRepublican · 100% to win
65.2%

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

358,180 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Lloyd Smucker R233,53165.2%
Nancy Mannion D124,64934.8%
Total358,180100%

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%0% Mannion100% Smucker17 updates agoToday

Polling

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

The Pennsylvania governor polling average
20%25%30%35%40%45%50%55%60%65%MayJunJulAugSepOct55.7Shapiro32.0Garrity
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
The New York Times/The Philadelphia Inquirer/SienaAug 21 · 760 LV · Gold16%Shapiro +16.0
Quinnipiac UniversityOct 5 · 1,159 LV · C15%Shapiro +25.0
Susquehanna Polling & ResearchSep 30 · 700 LV · A-15%Shapiro +21.0
The New York Times/The Philadelphia Inquirer/SienaSep 21 · 615 LV · Gold14%Shapiro +20.0
Bravo Group/PennLiveOct 11 · 628 RV · NR14%Shapiro +30.1
Z to A Research for Rust Belt Rising (D)Oct 1 · 630 RV · NR12%Shapiro +19.0
Every other poll together: 13%

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
Smucker +30.4
Chance of winning
Nancy Mannion0%
Lloyd Smucker100%
Simulated vote
Nancy Mannion34.8%
Lloyd Smucker65.2%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +21.0
FundamentalsR +30.4
With pollsR +30.2
Early vote turnoutR +0.2
With early voteR +30.4

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Pennsylvania, 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 +36R +36Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +21.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +30.4With pollsno pollsR +30.2With early voteturnout so farR +30.4
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.