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past elections

Pennsylvania Senate

Ron Klink (D) vs Rick Santorum (R)

Actual result
R+6.9
Final polls said
R+17.6
15 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
1EPIC-MRAR+4.02.9
2Lincoln InstituteR+11.04.1
3Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+14.07.1
4SurveyUSAR+16.09.1
5Harris Insights & AnalyticsR+17.010.1
6Zogby AnalyticsR+18.011.1
7Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyR+19.012.1
8University of ConnecticutR+19.012.1
9Decision ForecastingR+21.014.1
10Millersville University Center for Politics and Public AffairsR+21.014.1
11Public Opinion StrategiesR+22.015.1

Polls (21)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2000-11-051091R+14.07
Zogby Analytics2000-11-05592R+18.011
Zogby Analytics2000-11-02600R+16.09
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2000-11-02644R+20.013
Decision Forecasting2000-11-011032R+21.014
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-11-01679R+17.010
SurveyUSA2000-11-01800R+16.09
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2000-11-01625R+19.012
Zogby Analytics2000-10-30600R+17.010
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2000-10-29967R+18.011
Millersville University Center for Politics and Public Affairs2000-10-28550R+21.014
Zogby Analytics2000-10-27600R+21.014
Public Opinion Strategies2000-10-22500R+22.015
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2000-10-181043R+13.06
Lincoln Institute2000-10-17728R+11.04
University of Connecticut2000-10-06614R+19.012
Millersville University Center for Politics and Public Affairs2000-09-30550R+18.011
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2000-09-27679R+18.011
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2000-09-15625R+18.011
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-09-131777R+10.03
EPIC-MRA2000-09-10400R+4.03