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past elections

Illinois House

Melissa Bean (D) vs Philip Crane (R)

Actual result
D+3.4
Final polls said
R+5.0
2 late polls · ✗
Model predicted
R+5.3
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
1GQRR+2.05.4
2Normington, Petts & AssociatesR+2.05.4
3VotePredictorR+5.38.7
4Victory ResearchR+8.011.4

Polls (3)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Victory Research2004-10-30400R+8.011
GQR2004-10-26500R+2.05
Normington, Petts & Associates2004-10-06400R+2.05