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past elections

California House

Jerry McNerney (D) vs Richard W. Pombo (R)

Actual result
D+6.5
Final polls said
D+2.0
1 late poll · ✓
Model predicted
R+0.5
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
1RT StrategiesD+2.04.5
2GQRD+2.04.5
3VotePredictorR+0.57.0
4Lake Research PartnersR+1.07.5

Polls (3)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
RT Strategies2006-10-25983D+2.05
Lake Research Partners2006-09-30442R+1.08
GQR2006-09-25413D+2.05