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past elections

Alabama Senate

Susan Parker (D) vs Jeff Sessions (R)

Actual result
R+18.8
Final polls said
R+32.5
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
1Lake Research PartnersR+8.010.8
2University of South Alabama Polling GroupR+30.011.3
3University of Alabama at BirminghamR+35.016.3

Polls (4)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
University of Alabama at Birmingham2002-10-30600R+35.016
University of South Alabama Polling Group2002-10-23926R+30.011
University of Alabama at Birmingham2002-09-11600R+28.09
Lake Research Partners2002-09-09500R+8.011