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South Carolina Senate

Alex Sanders (D) vs Lindsey Graham (R)

Actual result
R+10.2
Final polls said
R+9.0
5 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
1Zogby AnalyticsR+12.01.8
2Garin-Hart-Yang Research GroupR+8.02.2
3Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyR+17.06.8
4SurveyUSAR+1.09.2

Polls (9)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2002-11-02764R+1.09
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2002-10-28625R+17.07
SurveyUSA2002-10-26764R+1.09
SurveyUSA2002-10-19764R+9.01
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2002-10-15625R+17.07
SurveyUSA2002-10-12764R+4.06
Zogby Analytics2002-10-09500R+12.02
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group2002-09-18600R+8.02
SurveyUSA2002-09-14764R+2.08