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past elections

Maine Senate

Mark W. Lawrence (D) vs Olympia J. Snowe (R)

Actual result
R+37.9
Final polls said
R+45.0
4 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
Winner
Rep

"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
1Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+39.01.1
2Harris Insights & AnalyticsR+42.04.1
3Market Decisions ResearchR+45.07.1
4RKM Research and Communications Inc.R+51.013.1
5Pan Atlantic ResearchR+54.016.1
6Digital ResearchR+56.018.1

Polls (7)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-11-031473R+42.04
Market Decisions Research2000-10-24824R+45.07
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2000-10-221548R+39.01
Pan Atlantic Research2000-10-22400R+54.016
Digital Research2000-10-14404R+56.018
Pan Atlantic Research2000-09-17400R+53.015
RKM Research and Communications Inc.2000-09-10418R+51.013