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past elections

Kansas Governor

Kathleen Sebelius (D) vs Tim Shallenburger (R)

Actual result
D+7.8
Final polls said
D+11.4
5 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
1SurveyUSAD+7.00.8
2Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyD+7.00.8
3Market Research Institute Inc.D+9.01.2
4Cole Hargrave Snodgrass & AssociatesD+9.01.2
5MarketAide Services Inc.D+19.011.2

Polls (10)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2002-11-01704D+7.01
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2002-10-29625D+7.01
SurveyUSA2002-10-26704D+15.07
Market Research Institute Inc.2002-10-26602D+9.01
MarketAide Services Inc.2002-10-19402D+19.011
SurveyUSA2002-10-12704D+17.09
Cole Hargrave Snodgrass & Associates2002-10-06500D+9.01
SurveyUSA2002-10-05704D+18.010
SurveyUSA2002-09-28704D+20.012
SurveyUSA2002-09-14704D+17.09