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past elections

Virginia Senate

Charles S. Robb (D) vs George F. Allen (R)

Actual result
R+4.6
Final polls said
R+6.0
11 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
1Harris Insights & AnalyticsR+5.00.4
2Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyR+5.00.4
3Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+6.01.4
4Roanoke College Institute for Policy and Opinion ResearchR+6.01.4
5Richmond Times-DispatchR+2.02.6
6ABC News/The Washington PostR+2.02.6
7SurveyUSAR+10.05.4
8Virginia Commonwealth University L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public AffairsR+15.010.4

Polls (18)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2000-11-04500R+10.05
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-11-037462R+5.00
Richmond Times-Dispatch2000-10-30735R+2.03
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2000-10-30897R+6.01
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2000-10-30625R+5.00
SurveyUSA2000-10-29500R+7.02
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2000-10-24625R+3.02
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2000-10-241100R+8.03
ABC News/The Washington Post2000-10-241009R+2.03
Virginia Commonwealth University L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs2000-10-21596R+15.010
SurveyUSA2000-10-15500R+3.02
SurveyUSA2000-10-08500R+4.01
SurveyUSA2000-10-01500R+15.010
Richmond Times-Dispatch2000-09-27507R+3.02
SurveyUSA2000-09-24500R+14.09
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2000-09-15625R+7.02
Roanoke College Institute for Policy and Opinion Research2000-09-13399R+6.01
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-09-132081R+6.01