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past elections

Massachusetts Senate

Edward M. Kennedy (D) vs Jack E. Robinson (R)

Actual result
D+56.9
Final polls said
D+51.8
4 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
1Harris Insights & AnalyticsD+53.03.9
2University of Massachusetts Department of Political ScienceD+53.03.9
3KRC ResearchD+52.04.9
4RKM Research and Communications Inc.D+49.07.9

Polls (5)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-11-035109D+53.04
University of Massachusetts Department of Political Science2000-10-27401D+53.04
KRC Research2000-10-25400D+52.05
RKM Research and Communications Inc.2000-10-24400D+49.08
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-09-13902D+49.08