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past elections

Maryland Senate

Benjamin L. Cardin (D) vs Michael S. Steele (R)

Actual result
D+10.0
Final polls said
D+5.2
13 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+4.7
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
1ABC News/The Washington PostD+11.01.0
2Garin-Hart-Yang Research GroupD+12.02.0
3YouGovD+6.04.0
4Potomac IncorporatedD+6.04.0
5GallupD+15.05.0
6Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+5.05.0
7Zogby AnalyticsD+5.05.0
8VotePredictorD+4.75.3
9Public Opinion StrategiesD+4.06.0
10SurveyUSAD+3.07.0
11Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyD+3.07.0
12Voter/Consumer ResearchD+2.08.0

Polls (24)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2006-11-04663D+3.07
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2006-11-02625D+3.07
SurveyUSA2006-11-01694EVEN10
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2006-11-01500D+5.05
YouGov2006-10-31802D+6.04
Potomac Incorporated2006-10-29800D+6.04
Zogby Analytics2006-10-27600D+5.05
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2006-10-26500D+5.05
Zogby Analytics2006-10-25644D+9.31
ABC News/The Washington Post2006-10-241003D+11.01
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group2006-10-23602D+12.02
Voter/Consumer Research2006-10-22602D+2.08
SurveyUSA2006-10-16698EVEN10
Zogby Analytics2006-10-13679D+8.42
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2006-10-10500D+9.01
Public Opinion Strategies2006-10-03800D+4.06
Gallup2006-09-29678D+15.05
Zogby Analytics2006-09-29600D+8.02
Voter/Consumer Research2006-09-27602D+5.05
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2006-09-24625D+6.04
Zogby Analytics2006-09-22679D+13.03
SurveyUSA2006-09-18522R+1.011
Potomac Incorporated2006-09-17815D+11.01
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2006-09-13500D+7.03