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past elections

Wisconsin Senate

Herb Kohl (D) vs Robert Gerald Lorge (R)

Actual result
D+37.8
Final polls said
D+37.1
3 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+28.4
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
1YouGovD+45.07.2
2VotePredictorD+28.49.4
3Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+27.010.8
4University of Wisconsin Survey CenterD+57.019.2
5Zogby AnalyticsD+9.228.6

Polls (6)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
YouGov2006-10-31502D+45.07
Zogby Analytics2006-10-25679D+9.229
University of Wisconsin Survey Center2006-10-22266D+57.019
Zogby Analytics2006-10-13679D+15.622
Zogby Analytics2006-09-22679D+13.325
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2006-09-14500D+27.011