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past elections

Texas House

Chris Bell (D) vs Thomas Reiser (R)

Actual result
D+11.7
Final polls said
R+2.0
1 late poll · ✗
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
1Arthur J. Finkelstein & AssociatesR+2.013.7

Polls (1)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Arthur J. Finkelstein & Associates2002-10-17300R+2.014