Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

UpdatedOct 10, 2026, 11:27 AM EDT
To election day24 days
Simulations200,000

Florida 22nd District

Currently held by a Republican · open seat · district redrawn for 2026

Democrat
Pia Dandiya
65%
Republican
Casey Askar
35%
ForecastLean D
Projected margin
D+2.9
80% range
R+6.8 to D+12.6
Partisan lean
R+6.9
Tipping-point chance
1.64%
Uncertainty multiplier
1.39×

The 80% range comes from 200,000 simulations in which this race’s error is correlated with every other race through the national, state and demographic layers.

How the estimate is built
Polls 11%Fundamentals 90%
Polling average
Even
Fundamentals
D+3.4
Blended
D+3.1
Similar-race shift
+0.3
Poll–fundamentals gap
3.4 pts
PollingDR matchup
Polls in window
1
Distinct pollsters
1
Most recent
August 12, 2026
Democrat
50.0%
Republican
50.0%
Undecided / other
0.0%
Spread between polls
0.0 pts
Fundamentals
Partisan lean
R+6.9
Elasticity
1.15
Incumbency
0.0
Candidate experience
0.0
Fundraising
+3.9
National environment
D+7.1
Expected margin
D+3.1
The polls behind this number1 most recent of 1 in the window
PollsterDatesSampleDRMargin
Tavern ResearchAugust 12, 2026551 LV5050D+0

Each poll is weighted by recency, the square root of its sample size and its pollster rating, then adjusted for that firm’s house effect, its sampled population and any partisan sponsorship — so the average above is not the mean of this column.

How it voted for presidenttwo-party
2024 margin
R+10.6
2020 margin
D+2.9
Shift 2020 → 2024
R+13.5
Votes cast, 2024
388,170

Presidential results reaggregated onto the 2026 district lines. This is where the seat’s partisan lean comes from, and it carries most of the forecast in a race nobody has polled.

Who lives hereCensus ACS
Population
595,366
Median age
50.5
Median household income
$91,800
Bachelor’s degree or higher
40%
White
49%
Black
14%
Hispanic
31%
Asian
5%

Used to find demographically similar districts, so a race with no polling can borrow the polling error of races that look like it.

Campaign fundraisingFEC filings to Invalid Date
CandidatePartyRaisedCash on hand
Casey AskarREP$2.6M$1.1M
Pia DandiyaDEM$2.3M$1.3M

Receipts across the cycle, from FEC bulk filings. The model uses the ratio between the two sides rather than either total, and weights it lightly — money follows a competitive race at least as much as it causes one.

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