Riding profile

NC-2

US House district — NC · Mixed · us nc

The question

NC-2: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
44.9
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 72.4%
  • Republican 27.6%

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
HereNC-2 72.4%27.6%
National averageUnited States 54.3% +18.1 44.9% −17.4

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

NC-2, a mixed riding in NC, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 34-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 72% vote share, against 28% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

ROSS, DEBORAH

Sits with Democrat

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Other Challenger

    Mcginnis, Brian

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
34.4 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+10.4 pts
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026