VotePredictor
past elections

Pennsylvania House

Christopher P. Carney (D) vs Donald L. Sherwood (R)

Actual result
D+5.9
Final polls said
D+5.5
4 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+5.7
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
1VotePredictorD+5.70.2
2RT StrategiesD+7.01.1
3Lycoming College Polling InstituteD+9.03.1
4Franklin & Marshall College Center for Opinion ResearchD+12.06.1
5Normington, Petts & AssociatesD+14.08.1
6Momentum AnalysisR+6.011.9

Polls (7)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
RT Strategies2006-10-25442D+7.01
Lycoming College Polling Institute2006-10-24643D+9.03
Momentum Analysis2006-10-22400R+6.012
Franklin & Marshall College Center for Opinion Research2006-10-21326D+12.06
Momentum Analysis2006-10-10400D+15.09
Normington, Petts & Associates2006-10-08400D+14.08
Lycoming College Polling Institute2006-09-26804D+9.03