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past elections

Oregon Senate

Bill Bradbury (D) vs Gordon H. Smith (R)

Actual result
R+16.6
Final polls said
R+19.7
3 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
1Moore Information GroupR+17.00.4
2DHM ResearchR+19.02.4
3Riley Research AssociatesR+22.05.4

Polls (6)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
DHM Research2002-10-27608R+19.02
Riley Research Associates2002-10-25604R+22.05
Riley Research Associates2002-10-16600R+18.01
DHM Research2002-10-04608R+21.04
Riley Research Associates2002-09-25600R+21.04
Moore Information Group2002-09-22500R+17.00