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past elections

Maine House

Michael H. Michaud (D) vs Kevin L. Raye (R)

Actual result
D+4.0
Final polls said
D+5.5
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
1RKM Research and Communications Inc.D+1.03.0
2Digital ResearchD+9.05.0
3Pan Atlantic ResearchD+10.06.0
4Normington, Petts & AssociatesD+12.08.0
5Public Opinion StrategiesR+6.010.0

Polls (7)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Pan Atlantic Research2002-10-26240D+10.06
RKM Research and Communications Inc.2002-10-25302D+1.03
Public Opinion Strategies2002-10-09400R+6.010
Normington, Petts & Associates2002-09-22400D+12.08
Digital Research2002-09-19302D+9.05
Pan Atlantic Research2002-09-19240D+6.02
RKM Research and Communications Inc.2002-09-09311D+4.00