VotePredictor
past elections

Iowa House

Bruce L. Braley (D) vs Mike Whalen (R)

Actual result
D+11.8
Final polls said
D+14.0
2 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+8.8
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
1Normington, Petts & AssociatesD+11.00.8
2VotePredictorD+8.83.0
3Zogby AnalyticsD+7.04.8
4Selzer & Co.D+21.09.2

Polls (5)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Selzer & Co.2006-11-02515D+21.09
Zogby Analytics2006-10-26500D+7.05
Normington, Petts & Associates2006-10-07400D+11.01
Zogby Analytics2006-09-29500R+13.025
Selzer & Co.2006-09-12439D+7.05