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past elections

Michigan Senate

Debbie Stabenow (D) vs Mike Bouchard (R)

Actual result
D+15.7
Final polls said
D+13.4
11 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+11.3
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
1Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyD+16.00.3
2Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+16.00.3
3YouGovD+15.00.7
4Lake Research PartnersD+18.02.3
5EPIC-MRAD+13.02.7
6Selzer & Co.D+19.03.3
7VotePredictorD+11.34.3
8SurveyUSAD+10.05.7
9Marketing Resource Group (MRG)D+22.06.3
10Zogby AnalyticsD+7.48.3

Polls (20)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2006-11-03687D+10.06
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2006-11-01625D+16.00
Selzer & Co.2006-11-01532D+19.03
YouGov2006-10-31800D+15.01
EPIC-MRA2006-10-31600D+13.03
EPIC-MRA2006-10-28600D+14.02
Zogby Analytics2006-10-251081D+7.48
EPIC-MRA2006-10-24600D+12.04
SurveyUSA2006-10-23803D+7.09
Lake Research Partners2006-10-22600D+18.02
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2006-10-22500D+16.00
Zogby Analytics2006-10-13679D+4.611
Selzer & Co.2006-10-10643D+14.02
SurveyUSA2006-10-07772D+11.05
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2006-10-04500D+17.01
EPIC-MRA2006-10-03600D+13.03
Zogby Analytics2006-09-22679D+6.59
Marketing Resource Group (MRG)2006-09-17600D+22.06
SurveyUSA2006-09-16749D+13.03
EPIC-MRA2006-09-09608D+19.03