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Nevada Senate

Ed Bernstein (D) vs John Ensign (R)

Actual result
R+15.4
Final polls said
R+14.8
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
1SurveyUSAR+16.00.6
2Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyR+17.01.6
3Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+17.01.6
4Harris Insights & AnalyticsR+9.06.4
5Mellman GroupR+4.011.4

Polls (8)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-11-031833R+9.06
SurveyUSA2000-10-31500R+16.01
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2000-10-27625R+17.02
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2000-10-23817R+17.02
SurveyUSA2000-10-08500R+7.08
SurveyUSA2000-09-24500R+7.08
Mellman Group2000-09-17500R+4.011
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2000-09-15625R+11.04