Riding profile

NY-5

US House district — NY · Mixed · us ny

The question

NY-5: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
57.4
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 75.8%
  • Republican 18.4%
  • Other 5.8%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. FL-22Democrat68 %1.1 pt margin
  2. AZ-2Republican57 %1.1 pt margin
  3. OH-10Democrat60 %1.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican Other
HereNY-5 75.8%18.4%5.8%
National averageUnited States 54.3% +21.5 44.9% −26.6 5.1% +0.7

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

NY-5, a mixed riding in NY, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 46-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 76% vote share, against 18% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

MEEKS, GREGORY W.

Sits with Democrat

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Meeks, Gregory W.

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
45.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+11.6 pts

Around the region

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Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026