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past elections

Vermont Senate

Ed Flanagan (D) vs James M. Jeffords (R)

Actual result
R+40.1
Final polls said
R+42.5
2 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+42.01.9
2Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyR+43.02.9

Polls (2)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2000-10-261000R+42.02
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2000-10-18628R+43.03