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past elections

West Virginia Senate

Robert C. Byrd (D) vs David T. Gallaher (R)

Actual result
D+57.6
Final polls said
D+59.5
2 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
Winner
Dem

"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 & AnalyticsD+58.00.4
2Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+61.03.4

Polls (2)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-11-031683D+58.00
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2000-10-181036D+61.03