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past elections

Tennessee Senate

Bob Clement (D) vs Lamar Alexander (R)

Actual result
R+9.9
Final polls said
R+9.3
6 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
1Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyR+10.00.1
2Ethridge & Associates LLCR+9.00.9
3SurveyUSAR+11.01.1
4University of TennesseeR+12.02.1
5Garin-Hart-Yang Research GroupR+7.02.9
6Zogby AnalyticsR+13.03.1
7Mellman GroupR+6.03.9
8North Star Opinion ResearchR+16.06.1

Polls (16)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2002-10-27726R+11.01
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2002-10-22625R+10.00
Ethridge & Associates LLC2002-10-20819R+9.01
SurveyUSA2002-10-20726R+4.06
Mellman Group2002-10-19600R+6.04
North Star Opinion Research2002-10-16600R+16.06
University of Tennessee2002-10-10504R+12.02
North Star Opinion Research2002-10-08679R+14.04
Zogby Analytics2002-10-07500R+13.03
SurveyUSA2002-10-06726R+8.02
North Star Opinion Research2002-10-02600R+19.09
Mellman Group2002-10-01600R+7.03
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2002-09-18625R+19.09
Zogby Analytics2002-09-16500R+8.02
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group2002-09-09600R+7.03
University of Tennessee2002-09-07504R+18.08