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past elections

Connecticut Governor

John DeStefano, Jr. (D) vs M. Jodi Rell (R)

Actual result
R+27.8
Final polls said
R+26.0
4 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+26.8
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+26.81.0
2Quinnipiac UniversityR+24.03.8
3YouGovR+32.04.2
4Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+22.05.8
5University of ConnecticutR+22.05.8

Polls (8)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
YouGov2006-11-01401R+32.04
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2006-10-28500R+22.06
Quinnipiac University2006-10-27926R+24.04
Quinnipiac University2006-10-18881R+26.02
University of Connecticut2006-10-06637R+22.06
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2006-10-02500R+25.03
Quinnipiac University2006-09-231181R+33.05
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2006-09-13500R+28.00