VotePredictor
past elections

Illinois House

Jonathan Laesch (D) vs J. Dennis Hastert (R)

Actual result
R+19.6
Final polls said
R+10.0
1 late poll · ✓
Model predicted
R+10.6
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+10.68.9
2RT StrategiesR+10.09.6

Polls (1)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
RT Strategies2006-10-091000R+10.010