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past elections

South Dakota Senate

Tom Daschle (D) vs Ron Schmidt (R)

Actual result
D+25.7
Final polls said
D+32.0
1 late poll · ✓
Model predicted
Winner
Dem

"Final polls said" averages polls from the last ~3 weeks — the call right before the vote, and how pollsters are rated. The model's prediction is walk-forward (trained only on earlier races).

Final rankings

How everyone who called this race did, ranked — VotePredictor shown inline (★).

Pollsters — each pollster's final poll vs the result

#PollsterFinal callMissCalled
1NRECA Market ResearchD+32.06.3

Polls (1)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
NRECA Market Research1998-10-20500D+32.06