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Rhode Island Senate

Robert A. Weygand (D) vs Lincoln Chafee (R)

Actual result
R+15.7
Final polls said
R+22.3
3 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
1Fleming & AssociatesR+16.00.3
2Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+17.01.3
3Brown University A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and PolicyR+24.08.3
4SurveyUSAR+26.010.3

Polls (4)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2000-10-29500R+26.010
Brown University A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy2000-10-21370R+24.08
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2000-10-19802R+17.01
Fleming & Associates2000-10-12408R+16.00