VotePredictor
past elections

California House

Francine P. Busby (D) vs Brian P. Bilbray (R)

Actual result
R+4.5
Final polls said
R+14.0
1 late poll · ✓
Model predicted
R+5.9
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+5.91.3
2Moore Information GroupD+4.08.6
3SurveyUSAR+14.09.4
4Lake Research PartnersD+7.011.6

Polls (7)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2006-11-02550R+14.04
SurveyUSA2006-10-14581R+3.07
SurveyUSA2006-05-31448R+2.03
Lake Research Partners2006-05-14400D+7.012
SurveyUSA2006-05-08442EVEN5
Moore Information Group2006-04-29300D+4.09
Lake Research Partners2006-04-19400R+2.03