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past elections

Montana Senate

Max Baucus (D) vs Mike Taylor (R)

Actual result
D+31.0
Final polls said
D+31.0
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
1Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyD+31.00.0
2Montana State University BillingsD+33.02.0

Polls (3)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2002-10-23625D+31.00
Montana State University Billings2002-10-12415D+33.02
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2002-09-25625D+19.012