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past elections

Pennsylvania House

Joe Sestak (D) vs W. Curtis Weldon (R)

Actual result
D+12.8
Final polls said
D+7.0
2 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+2.2
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 StrategiesD+7.05.8
2Benenson Strategy GroupD+7.05.8
3VotePredictorD+2.210.6
4Franklin & Marshall College Center for Opinion ResearchD+1.011.8
5Public Opinion StrategiesR+19.031.8

Polls (5)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
RT Strategies2006-10-25442D+7.06
Benenson Strategy Group2006-10-24400D+7.06
RT Strategies2006-10-091000D+8.05
Franklin & Marshall College Center for Opinion Research2006-09-24363D+1.012
Public Opinion Strategies2006-09-12400R+19.032