Riding profile

VT-AL

US House district — VT · Mixed · us vt

The question

VT-AL: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
38.4
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 64.7%
  • Other 26.3%
  • Republican 9.0%

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 Other Republican
HereVT-AL 64.7%26.3%9.0%
National averageUnited States 54.3% +10.3 5.1% +21.2 44.9% −35.9

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

District polls

Polls in this district

4 polls

Pollster Field dates Sample Pop. Topline Source
University Of New Hampshire 15–Jul 20 949 LV
Democrat 63 Republican 25
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University Of New Hampshire 15–Jul 20 948 LV
Democrat 64 Republican 25
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University Of New Hampshire 18–Jun 23 871 LV
Democrat 57 Republican 26
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University Of New Hampshire 18–Jun 23 872 LV
Democrat 57 Republican 26
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District-level polls, topline only. Vote-Scope reports each published poll as the pollster released it; figures are not the Vote-Scope projection.

Editorial read

VT-AL, a mixed riding in VT, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 17-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 65% vote share, against 26% for another party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

BALINT, REBECCA 'BECCA'

Sits with Democrat

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Balint, Rebecca 'Becca'

  • Republican Challenger

    Coester, C. Mark Mr

  • Republican Challenger

    Malloy, Gerald Mr.

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Democrat
Margin
17.1 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+21.2 pts
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026