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2026 forecast ยท Florida 18th

Scott Franklin is favored to win Florida's 18th District.

Curtis Gibson vs Scott Franklin. The model has Franklin ahead by 7.3 points, winning 85 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Likely RModel R +7.3Updated October 28, 2026
Curtis Gibson
Democrat
45.3%
147,125 projected votes
Scott Franklin
Republican
52.5%
170,801 projected votes
85%Franklin
15%Gibson
Franklin favoredEach square is one simulated election night, Franklin wins about 85 of 100
RatingLikely R85% chance for Franklin
Model marginR +7.3No polls in the race
80 percent rangeD +1.6 to R +16.22,000 simulations
Projected votes325,171Franklin 52.5%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Florida districts

28 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

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

Curtis GibsonDemocrat ยท 15% to win
45.3%
Scott FranklinRepublican ยท 85% to win
52.5%

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

325,171 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Scott Franklin R170,80152.5%
Curtis Gibson D147,12545.2%
Deva Simmons NPA7,2452.2%
Total325,171100%

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%15% Gibson85% Franklin20 updates agoToday

Polling

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

The Florida governor polling average
36%38%40%42%44%46%48%50%52%54%MayJunJulAugSepOct44.2Jolly48.7Donalds
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 todayHollow dot: a lean firm's poll as published; the filled dot is where the average counts it, after its measured lean is taken offHover or use the arrow keys to read any day
What moves the average today
RedBox Research (D)Oct 23 ยท 4,823 LV ยท NR16%Donalds +5.3
On Point PollingOct 18 ยท 378 LV ยท Gold16%Donalds +3.9
New York Times/SienaOct 26 ยท 813 LV ยท Gold16%Donalds +4.0
Fabrizio Lee for Donalds (R)Oct 11 ยท 1,200 LV ยท A16%Donalds +6.0
University of North FloridaOct 19 ยท 1,471 LV ยท NR13%Donalds +2.0
Echelon Insights for NetChoiceOct 23 ยท 515 LV ยท B7.5%Donalds +6.0
Every other poll together: 14%

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
Franklin +7.3
Chance of winning
Curtis Gibson15%
Scott Franklin85%
Simulated vote
Curtis Gibson45.3%
Scott Franklin52.5%
Deva Simmons2.2%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +16.0
FundamentalsR +7.3
With pollsR +7.3

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +19R +19Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +16.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +7.3With pollsno pollsR +7.3
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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.