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past elections

Indiana Senate

Evan Bayh (D) vs Marvin Bailey Scott (R)

Actual result
D+24.4
Final polls said
D+29.5
2 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+31.6
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
1SurveyUSAD+27.02.6
2VotePredictorD+31.67.1
3Selzer & Co.D+39.014.6

Polls (5)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2004-10-28586D+27.03
SurveyUSA2004-10-18597D+32.08
SurveyUSA2004-10-04589D+38.014
Selzer & Co.2004-10-01957D+39.015
SurveyUSA2004-09-08687D+36.012