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Georgia

Jon Ossoff (D)vsMike Collins (R)

incumbent running · Cook: Likely D · Sabato: Likely D · Inside Elections: Lean D

9 in 10

Jon Ossoff favored92%

Very likely for Jon Ossoff: a 92 percent chance of winning. Polls: Jon Ossoff up 9.3.

  • Seat:Incumbent running
  • Cook:Likely D
  • Sabato:Likely D
  • Inside Elections:Lean D
  • Odds:Ossoff 92%
  • Margin:Ossoff +8.8, give or take 5.1
  • Polls:18, averaging Ossoff +9.3
  • Latest poll:Trafalgar Group, Oct 09, Ossoff +8.0
  • Generic ballot:D+8.2
  • T-minus:16 days

▸ Margin // Uncertainty

Ossoff +8.8

The model's best guess at the final margin, give or take 5.1 points. Polls have missed by more than that before.

Projected margin
Ossoff +8.8
Uncertainty
5.1 points, one standard deviation
Likely range
Ossoff +2.3 to Ossoff +15.3 (80 percent)
Poll average
Ossoff +9.3 across 18 polls, worth 1.6 fresh polls after weighting
Starting point
Ossoff +8.4 before any polls, give or take 7.0

How polls have done here
15 Senate races here since 1998: the final polls missed by 4.1 points on average, on balance underrating Democrats. Last time, 2022, they were off by 0.9 toward Republicans.

Margins read Democrat minus Republican: Ossoff ahead is positive, Collins ahead is negative.

▸ Movement // 0 daily snapshots

Reading the history

▸ Polls // 18 public polls

  • Oct 09 · B · 1,101 LV51 to 43 · 20% weight
    Republican sponsoradjusted Ossoff +10.1
  • Wedgewood PollsOssoff +10
    Oct 03 · unrated · 600 LV55 to 45 · 24% weight
    adjusted Ossoff +9.7
  • Big Data PollOssoff +10.8
    Sep 23 · banned · 678 LV55 to 45 · 0% weight
    adjusted Ossoff +10.6
  • Sep 23 · B+ · 1,200 LV50 to 42 · 18% weight
    adjusted Ossoff +8.8
  • YouGovOssoff +10
    Sep 18 · B · 3,301 LV52 to 42 · 26% weight
    adjusted Ossoff +9.4
  • Quantus InsightsOssoff +4.1
    Sep 16 · B/C · 645 LV49 to 45 · 7% weight
    adjusted Ossoff +7.0
  • Trafalgar GroupOssoff +6.6
    Sep 12 · B · 1,091 LV49 to 43 · 3% weight
    Republican sponsoradjusted Ossoff +8.7
  • InsiderAdvantageOssoff +7.5
    Aug 17 · B+ · 800 LV50 to 43 · 1% weight
    adjusted Ossoff +8.3
  • Jul 16 · B/C · 1,060 LV52 to 43 · 0% weight
    adjusted Ossoff +8.9
  • WickOssoff +3.8
    Jun 30 · B/C · 1,175 LV47 to 43 · 0% weight
  • Jun 27 · A- · 1,002 RV56 to 43 · 0% weight
    adjusted Ossoff +12.7
  • Apr 09 · A- · 407 LV51 to 44 · 0% weight
    adjusted Ossoff +8.5
  • Emerson CollegeOssoff +4.4
    Mar 02 · A · 1,000 LV48 to 43 · 0% weight
    adjusted Ossoff +6.9
  • Quantus InsightsOssoff +0.1
    Sep 12 · B/C · 624 RV38 to 38 · 0% weight
    adjusted Ossoff +3.0
  • TIPP InsightsOssoff +0.8
    Aug 01 · A · 2,395 LV45 to 44 · 0% weight
    Republican sponsoradjusted Ossoff +2.2
  • Cygnal PoliticalOssoff +2.4
    May 17 · A · 800 RV46 to 43 · 0% weight
    adjusted Ossoff +2.7
  • Trafalgar GroupOssoff +4.7
    Apr 27 · B · 1,426 LV48 to 43 · 0% weight
    Republican sponsoradjusted Ossoff +6.8
  • Jan 15 · B/C · 500 LV44 to 34 · 0% weight
    Republican sponsoradjusted Ossoff +13.0

Weight is each poll's share of the average, in percent, after recency, sample size, pollster grade and sponsorship are taken into account. The shares add to 100. Adjusted margins remove the pollster's usual lean. Grades are Silver Bulletin's.

▸ Race file // The facts

The seat
Jon Ossoff (D), running for another term.
On the ballot
Jon Ossoff (D, incumbent) vs Mike Collins (R)
Last time
2020: Jon Ossoff (D) 50.6, David Perdue (R) 49.4. Ossoff by 1.2.
President
2024, statewide: Trump 50.7, Harris 48.5. Trump by 2.2.
The raters
Cook Likely D · Sabato Likely D · Inside Elections Lean D

Facts from Ballotpedia and Wikipedia, in our words. The race on Ballotpedia ↗

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