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past elections

Iowa Governor

Chet Culver (D) vs Jim Nussle (R)

Actual result
D+9.7
Final polls said
D+6.0
6 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+3.9
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
1Selzer & Co.D+9.00.7
2YouGovD+8.01.7
3Global Strategy GroupD+7.02.7
4Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+4.05.7
5VotePredictorD+3.95.8
6Zogby AnalyticsD+1.28.5

Polls (10)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Selzer & Co.2006-11-02756D+9.01
YouGov2006-10-31301D+8.02
Global Strategy Group2006-10-28600D+7.03
Global Strategy Group2006-10-28600D+7.03
Zogby Analytics2006-10-25507D+1.28
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2006-10-22500D+4.06
Zogby Analytics2006-10-13666D+2.27
Selzer & Co.2006-10-10800D+7.03
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2006-10-04500R+1.011
Selzer & Co.2006-09-12600EVEN10