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past elections

Minnesota Senate

Amy Klobuchar (D) vs Mark R. Kennedy (R)

Actual result
D+20.1
Final polls said
D+16.7
11 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+14.7
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
1Minneapolis Star TribuneD+21.00.9
2University of Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public AffairsD+22.01.9
3YouGovD+18.02.1
4SurveyUSAD+16.04.1
5St. Cloud State UniversityD+25.04.9
6VotePredictorD+14.75.5
7Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+14.06.1
8Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyD+10.010.1
9McLaughlin & AssociatesD+8.012.1
10Zogby AnalyticsD+7.712.4

Polls (20)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Minneapolis Star Tribune2006-11-051027D+21.01
SurveyUSA2006-11-04710D+16.04
Minneapolis Star Tribune2006-11-021027D+20.00
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2006-11-01500D+14.06
YouGov2006-10-31501D+18.02
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2006-10-28625D+10.010
Zogby Analytics2006-10-25679D+7.712
University of Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs2006-10-25663D+22.02
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2006-10-25500D+14.06
SurveyUSA2006-10-22606D+16.04
St. Cloud State University2006-10-21504D+25.05
Zogby Analytics2006-10-13679D+7.513
Minneapolis Star Tribune2006-10-08818D+21.01
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2006-10-04500D+17.03
SurveyUSA2006-09-26616D+8.012
McLaughlin & Associates2006-09-24600D+8.012
Zogby Analytics2006-09-22679D+9.011
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2006-09-19625D+15.05
University of Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs2006-09-151023D+16.04
Minneapolis Star Tribune2006-09-14820D+24.04