Forecast updates · Forecast as of Sep 26

Saturday, September 26, 2026

Calls changed
3
Party changes
2
New polls
18
Compared with
Sep 25

Top line

The favored party's chance of a majority, and the change since Sep 25. Each dot is one update; hover for the day.

Senate

Chance of a Senate majority

D 77%no change

D50%RSep 1Sep 26

Expected seats 52.4 D · 47.6 R (0 D since Sep 25)

D 77%, 77% Democratic.

D 71%no change

D50%RSep 1Sep 26

Expected seats 52.1 D · 47.9 R (0 D since Sep 25)

D 71%, 71% Democratic.

House

Chance of a House majority

D 96%no change

D50%RSep 1Sep 26

Expected seats 236.2 D · 198.8 R (−0.3 D since Sep 25)

D 96%, 96% Democratic.

D 90%no change

D50%RSep 1Sep 26

Expected seats 236.1 D · 198.9 R (−0.4 D since Sep 25)

D 90%, 90% Democratic.

Governors

Chance of a majority of governorships

D 71%▼ R +3

D50%RSep 1Sep 26

Expected seats 27.0 D · 23.0 R (−0.2 D since Sep 25)

D 71%, 71% Democratic.

D 75%▼ R +3

D50%RSep 1Sep 26

Expected seats 27.3 D · 22.7 R (−0.3 D since Sep 25)

D 75%, 75% Democratic.

Generic ballot (likely voters)

D+8.9R +0.1

Forecast environment

D+9.1R +0.1

Changes are in percentage points of the chance of a majority, labeled by the party they favor. Expected seats include seats not on the ballot. Horizon and Pulse.

Major changes

Senate and governor races, state legislative chambers and trifectas whose favored party or rating changed (Horizon).

Each track runs from Solid R (left) to Solid D (right): Sep 25 → now.

Governor races

  1. Nevada GovernorNow R favoredLean D → Toss-up

Trifectas

States whose trifecta odds changed category
StateBeforeAfter
NevadaD trifecta 62% · R trifecta <1%D trifecta 41% · R trifecta <1%

Every call change

3 races changed rating or favored party since Sep 25 (Horizon). Ratings: Solid ≥ 95%, Likely ≥ 80%, Lean ≥ 60%, Toss-up below 60% for both sides.

Governors 1 change

  1. Nevada GovernorNow R favoredLean D → Toss-up

Statewide offices 1 change

  1. Nevada TreasurerLikely D → Lean D

House 1 change

  1. IA-2Now R favoredToss-up → Toss-up

New polls

18 polls new since Sep 25, in 7 races. Shares as published; the forecast adjusts them before averaging.

New polls
RacePollsterDatesSampleResultMarginSource
U.S. Senate in TexasBig Data Poll for the Public Polling ProjectSep 24–Sep 26698 LVD 47 · R 45D+2bigdatapoll.com ↗
U.S. Senate in TexasBig Data Poll for the Public Polling ProjectSep 24–Sep 26698 LVD 45 · R 42D+3bigdatapoll.com ↗
U.S. Senate in TexasBig Data Poll for the Public Polling ProjectSep 24–Sep 26793 RVD 46 · R 44D+2bigdatapoll.com ↗
U.S. Senate in TexasBig Data Poll for the Public Polling ProjectSep 24–Sep 26793 RVD 44 · R 39D+5bigdatapoll.com ↗
Nevada GovernorNoble Predictive InsightsSep 22–Sep 26800 RVD 37 · R 38R+1noblepredictiveinsights.com ↗
Nevada GovernorNoble Predictive InsightsSep 22–Sep 26708 LVD 40 · R 42R+2noblepredictiveinsights.com ↗
Texas GovernorBig Data PollSep 24–Sep 26698 LVD 44 · R 49R+5bigdatapoll.com ↗
Texas GovernorBig Data PollSep 24–Sep 26698 LVD 44 · R 47R+3bigdatapoll.com ↗
Texas GovernorBig Data PollSep 24–Sep 26793 RVD 44 · R 48R+4bigdatapoll.com ↗
Texas GovernorBig Data PollSep 24–Sep 26793 RVD 43 · R 46R+3bigdatapoll.com ↗
Nevada Lieutenant GovernorNoble Predictive InsightsSep 22–Sep 26800 RVD 38 · R 33D+5noblepredictiveinsights.com ↗
Nevada Lieutenant GovernorNoble Predictive InsightsSep 22–Sep 26708 LVD 41 · R 38D+3noblepredictiveinsights.com ↗
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Fundraising

The FEC file this comparison needs was not archived for one of the two dates.

State legislative fundraising (New York's Board of Elections) refreshes weekly on race pages but is not compared day to day.

Candidates

No race changed its modeled candidates since Sep 25.