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past elections

Vermont Senate

Rich Tarrant (D) vs Rich Tarrant (R)

Actual result
D+33.0
Final polls said
D+28.7
3 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+24.0
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
1Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+32.01.0
2Garin-Hart-Yang Research GroupD+39.06.0
3VotePredictorD+24.09.0
4American Research GroupD+15.018.0

Polls (3)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2006-09-24500D+32.01
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group2006-09-16500D+39.06
American Research Group2006-09-13600D+15.018