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past elections

Minnesota House

Tim Walz (D) vs Gilbert W. Gutknecht (R)

Actual result
D+5.6
Final polls said
R+3.0
1 late poll · ✗
Model predicted
R+3.3
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
1RT StrategiesR+3.08.6
2VotePredictorR+3.38.9

Polls (2)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
RT Strategies2006-10-251042R+3.09
RT Strategies2006-10-091000R+1.07