2026 forecast

Connecticut Governor forecast

Ned Lamont vs Ryan Fazio. The model has Lamont ahead by 18.8 points, winning 100 percent of 10,000 simulated elections.

Safe DModel D +18.8Polls D +18.4Updated October 9, 2026

County simulation

8 counties
D +40R +40Hover a county for the simulated vote

Every simulated outcome

10,000 sims
D +54.0: 1 simulationsD +52.0: 1 simulationsD +49.9: 1 simulationsD +47.9: 1 simulationsD +45.9: 2 simulationsD +43.9: 3 simulationsD +41.8: 4 simulationsD +39.8: 6 simulationsD +37.8: 16 simulationsD +35.8: 39 simulationsD +33.7: 65 simulationsD +31.7: 169 simulationsD +29.7: 288 simulationsD +27.7: 455 simulationsD +25.6: 684 simulationsD +23.6: 958 simulationsD +21.6: 1161 simulationsD +19.6: 1358 simulationsD +17.5: 1270 simulationsD +15.5: 1074 simulationsD +13.5: 898 simulationsD +11.5: 607 simulationsD +9.4: 387 simulationsD +7.4: 233 simulationsD +5.4: 150 simulationsD +3.4: 79 simulationsD +1.3: 41 simulationsR +0.7: 21 simulationsR +2.7: 9 simulationsR +4.7: 7 simulationsR +6.8: 4 simulationsR +8.8: 5 simulationsR +10.8: 0 simulationsR +12.8: 0 simulationsR +14.9: 0 simulationsR +16.9: 1 simulationsR +18.9: 0 simulationsR +20.9: 0 simulationsR +23.0: 0 simulationsR +25.0: 2 simulationsD +55.0R +26.0

80 percent of simulations fall between D +26.9 and D +10.7. Negative margins are Democratic wins.

Polls of the race

Full average
PollsterSampleAgeMargin
OnPoint averageWeighted averageD +18.4
University of New Hampshire540 LV18dD +17.2
University of New Hampshire809 LV46dD +15.2
Sacred Heart University / WFSB / CT Insider1,000 RV75dD +19.5
University of New Hampshire828 LV108dD +13.2

Estimated vote by group

model crosstabs
GroupShareLamontFazio
GenderMen46%53.745.0
Women54%63.135.6
Age18 to 2915%59.039.6
30 to 4421%55.243.5
45 to 6435%57.840.9
65+29%62.336.4
RaceWhite73%51.647.1
Black10%86.911.9
Latino11%70.028.8
Asian and other6%78.919.6
Race and genderWhite men33%44.654.0
White women40%57.341.3
Black men5%84.214.6
Black women5%89.29.6
Latino men6%67.930.8
Latino women6%71.926.8
All other races6%78.919.6