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past elections

Pennsylvania House

Lois Murphy (D) vs Jim Gerlach (R)

Actual result
R+1.3
Final polls said
D+4.3
3 late polls · ✗
Model predicted
D+0.3
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
1VotePredictorD+0.31.6
2Franklin & Marshall College Center for Opinion ResearchR+3.01.7
3The Polling Company Inc.D+1.02.3
4Garin-Hart-Yang Research GroupD+3.04.3
5Zogby AnalyticsD+5.06.3
6RT StrategiesD+5.06.3
7Public Opinion StrategiesR+12.010.7

Polls (9)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Zogby Analytics2006-10-26500D+5.06
RT Strategies2006-10-251006D+5.06
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group2006-10-22404D+3.04
RT Strategies2006-10-091000D+6.07
The Polling Company Inc.2006-10-03442D+1.02
Zogby Analytics2006-09-29442D+2.03
Public Opinion Strategies2006-09-25400R+12.011
Franklin & Marshall College Center for Opinion Research2006-09-22349R+3.02
Public Opinion Strategies2006-09-13400R+11.010