Upset Brief · Georgia U.S. Senate · Mike Collins (R) vs. Jon Ossoff (D), incumbent
Collins gets within 2,157 votes on campaign work alone. A 0.1-point national shift finishes it.
5%
odds today
49%
odds with the plan
331,513
net votes to find
37
days left; voting starts October 13
Where
- 01+28,914Fulton CountyStarting line Ossoff +54. 28,130 persuadable voters leaning Ossoff; 120,121 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022.
- 02+22,907Cobb CountyStarting line Ossoff +23. 21,690 persuadable voters leaning Ossoff; 92,928 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022.
- 03+20,392Gwinnett CountyStarting line Ossoff +27. 19,513 persuadable voters leaning Ossoff; 124,927 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022.
- 04+17,677DeKalb CountyStarting line Ossoff +76. 17,492 persuadable voters leaning Ossoff; 71,028 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022.
- 05+12,726Cherokee CountyStarting line Collins +31. 8,161 persuadable voters leaning Ossoff; 42,821 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022.
- 06+10,610Forsyth CountyStarting line Collins +26. 7,449 persuadable voters leaning Ossoff; 36,599 more ballots in 2024 than in 2022.
The top 12 counties carry 46% of the plan.
How
- P+242,998PersuadeTicket splitters and the 8 percent still undecided in the latest poll: 242,998 leaning Ossoff today.
- M+78,382MobilizeAt least 588,952 people who voted in 2024 but not in 2022, in counties where Collins's side wins at least 55 percent.
- C+7,976ConsolidateVoters who went third party in recent races, in the counties that lean Collins's way.
Plus a national shift of 0.1 points of margin (2,157 votes) that no campaign controls.
What has to be true
- Collins wins 50 percent of the ticket splitters and undecided voters now leaning Ossoff.
- In the precincts Collins's side carries in Cherokee County and Hall County, 35 percent of the people who voted in 2024 but skipped 2022 come back and vote.
- The national environment moves about 0.1 points toward Collins's side between now and November 3.
- The starting line comes from published 2026 polls, including campaign or party sponsored polls where those are the only ones; if the true gap is different, so is the plan.
The numbers behind it
- 01Crossover regression2,718 precincts, R² 0.994, 366 crossover precincts identified
- 02Monte Carlo20,000 seeded simulated elections with a 5-point baseline error. 90% range of the final margin with the plan: -361,989 to 364,220 votes.
- 03Money, FEC candidate totals through June 30Collins $2,079,981 cash on hand; Ossoff $42,587,451.
- 04Call program for this list757,438 households, 2,272,313 dials, about 119,069 live conversations: an estimated $208,220 at published rates.
Independent analysis by The Political Group from official Georgia Secretary of State precinct returns (2022 and 2024), FEC filings and published polls, as of September 26, 2026. Not affiliated with any candidate or party.