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past elections

Connecticut House

Joe Courtney (D) vs Robert R. Simmons (R)

Actual result
EVEN
Final polls said
R+0.8
5 late polls · ✗
Model predicted
R+4.1
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
1University of ConnecticutR+2.02.0
2Grove InsightD+4.04.0
3VotePredictorR+4.14.1
4Zogby AnalyticsR+5.05.0
5RT StrategiesD+6.06.0
6Public Opinion StrategiesR+7.07.0

Polls (7)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Zogby Analytics2006-10-26500R+5.05
Grove Insight2006-10-25400D+4.04
RT Strategies2006-10-25947D+6.06
Public Opinion Strategies2006-10-22400R+7.07
University of Connecticut2006-10-15774R+2.02
Zogby Analytics2006-09-29500R+3.03
Public Opinion Strategies2006-09-24400R+14.014