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past elections

Iowa House

Selden E. Spencer (D) vs Tom Latham (R)

Actual result
R+14.4
Final polls said
R+11.0
1 late poll · ✓
Model predicted
R+11.9
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+11.92.5
2Momentum AnalysisR+11.03.4

Polls (1)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Momentum Analysis2006-09-17400R+11.03