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past elections

Utah House

Steven Thompson (D) vs Rob Bishop (R)

Actual result
R+38.8
Final polls said
R+37.3
2 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+35.0
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
1VotePredictorR+35.03.7
2Dan Jones & AssociatesR+43.04.2
3Valley ResearchR+31.57.3

Polls (4)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Dan Jones & Associates2004-10-25400R+43.04
Valley Research2004-10-23400R+31.57
Valley Research2004-09-26400R+33.06
Dan Jones & Associates2004-09-08300R+30.09