VotePredictor
past elections

New York Governor

Eliot Spitzer (D) vs John J. Faso (R)

Actual result
D+34.8
Final polls said
D+44.4
5 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+38.7
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
1Zogby AnalyticsD+35.91.1
2VotePredictorD+38.73.9
3YouGovD+45.010.2
4Siena CollegeD+45.010.2
5Marist CollegeD+45.010.2
6Quinnipiac UniversityD+49.014.2
7CBS News/The New York TimesD+50.015.2

Polls (11)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
YouGov2006-11-011011D+45.010
Siena College2006-10-31500D+45.010
Marist College2006-10-31503D+45.010
Zogby Analytics2006-10-25952D+35.91
Marist College2006-10-17475D+51.016
Zogby Analytics2006-10-13666D+38.13
Quinnipiac University2006-10-131053D+49.014
Siena College2006-10-11620D+46.011
Quinnipiac University2006-09-281263D+51.016
CBS News/The New York Times2006-09-26734D+50.015
Siena College2006-09-13625D+51.016