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past elections

California House

Calvin M. Dooley (D) vs Rich Rodriguez (R)

Actual result
D+6.8
Final polls said
D+4.0
2 late polls · ✓
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
1FM3 ResearchD+11.04.2
2California State University, BakersfieldR+3.09.8

Polls (2)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
FM3 Research2000-10-23400D+11.04
California State University, Bakersfield2000-10-20483R+3.010