VotePredictor
past elections

Texas House

Thomas Edwards (D) vs Van Taylor (R)

Actual result
D+17.8
Final polls said
D+16.7
3 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+13.3
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 StrategiesD+17.00.8
2Normington, Petts & AssociatesD+21.03.2
3VotePredictorD+13.34.5
4The Polling Company Inc.D+12.05.8

Polls (3)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Normington, Petts & Associates2006-10-09400D+21.03
RT Strategies2006-10-09442D+17.01
The Polling Company Inc.2006-10-04442D+12.06