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past elections

New Mexico House

Patricia A. Madrid (D) vs Heather A. Wilson (R)

Actual result
R+0.4
Final polls said
D+3.2
6 late polls · ✗
Model predicted
D+1.7
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
1Public Opinion StrategiesR+2.01.6
2VotePredictorD+1.72.1
3SurveyUSAD+2.02.4
4Research & Polling Inc.D+4.04.4
5RT StrategiesD+8.08.4
6Zogby AnalyticsD+9.09.4

Polls (11)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2006-11-04688D+2.02
Public Opinion Strategies2006-11-01450R+2.02
Research & Polling Inc.2006-11-01503D+4.04
Zogby Analytics2006-10-26500D+9.09
Public Opinion Strategies2006-10-23450D+3.03
Research & Polling Inc.2006-10-18168D+3.03
SurveyUSA2006-10-14470D+8.08
RT Strategies2006-10-09442D+8.08
Zogby Analytics2006-09-29500D+10.010
Research & Polling Inc.2006-09-27442EVEN0
SurveyUSA2006-09-19503R+5.05