VotePredictor
past elections

New York Senate

Charles E. Schumer (D) vs Howard Mills (R)

Actual result
D+37.1
Final polls said
D+56.0
1 late poll · ✓
Model predicted
D+55.5
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
1Quinnipiac UniversityD+48.010.9
2VotePredictorD+55.518.5
3Marist CollegeD+56.018.9

Polls (3)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Marist College2004-10-25817D+56.019
Marist College2004-09-15679D+48.011
Quinnipiac University2004-09-091438D+48.011