Friday, December 10, 2010

Election 2010

FiveThirtyEight Forecasts Georgia 5th District

Lewis vs. Little

Projected Election Results

Based on polling, expert forecasts, fundraising, past election returns and other indicators, this is the prediction of how the district will vote on Nov. 2.

Chance Each Candidate Wins The Seat

The chance that each candidate will win based on 100,000 simulations with random variation in the local and national political environment.

Detailed Forecasts

The forecasts are built from statistical models that account for polling, expert forecasts, fundraising data, past election returns and other indicators.

Stage of forecast
Lewis
Democrat
Little
Republican
Size of lead
Nov. 2 projection 75.3
± 7.7 pct. pt.
22.0
± 7.7 pct. pt.
 
+53.3
 
Percentage chance that candidate wins race 100.0% 0.0%