Election Day, Nov 3 6 daysSenate D 85%House D 97%Governors D 86%Forecast updated Oct 28
2026 forecast ยท New York 12th

Micah Lasher is all but certain to win New York's 12th District.

Micah Lasher vs Caroline Shinkle, an open seat. The model has Lasher ahead by 75.3 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe DModel D +75.3Updated October 28, 2026
Micah Lasher
Democrat
86.5%
180,745 projected votes
Caroline Shinkle
Republican
11.2%
23,465 projected votes
100%Lasher
0%Shinkle
Lasher all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Lasher wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe D100% chance for Lasher
Model marginD +75.3No polls in the race
80 percent rangeD +78.6 to D +71.92,000 simulations
Projected votes208,848Lasher 86.5%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

New York districts

26 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

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

Micah LasherDemocrat ยท 100% to win
86.5%
Caroline ShinkleRepublican ยท 0% to win
11.2%

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

208,848 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Micah Lasher D180,74586.5%
Caroline Shinkle R23,46511.2%
Wilneida Negron I4,6382.2%
Total208,848100%

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%100% Lasher0% Shinkle19 updates agoToday

Polling

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

The New York governor polling average
25%30%35%40%45%50%55%60%65%MayJunJulAugSepOct52.6Hochul41.8Blakeman
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 todayHover or use the arrow keys to read any day
What moves the average today
Emerson College/PIX11Oct 5 ยท 900 LV ยท Gold17%Hochul +12.0
Quinnipiac UniversityOct 19 ยท 1,167 LV ยท C17%Hochul +14.0
Marist CollegeOct 4 ยท 1,361 RV ยท C15%Hochul +11.0
Quinnipiac UniversitySep 20 ยท 1,026 LV ยท C14%Hochul +19.0
OnMessage for the Komatireddy campaign (R)Oct 14 ยท 1,000 LV ยท A+13%Hochul +4.4
co/efficient (R)Sep 25 ยท 1,046 LV ยท C+9.7%Hochul +7.0
Every other poll together: 15%

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
Lasher +75.3
Chance of winning
Micah Lasher100%
Caroline Shinkle0%
Simulated vote
Micah Lasher86.5%
Caroline Shinkle11.2%
Wilneida Negron2.2%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanR +64.0
FundamentalsD +75.5
With pollsD +75.3

How we got here

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

D +91R +91Partisan leanthe state's baselineR +64.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesD +75.5With pollsno pollsD +75.3
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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.