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past elections

West Virginia Senate

Robert C. Byrd (D) vs John Raese (R)

Actual result
D+54.1
Final polls said
D+34.0
1 late poll · ✓
Model predicted
D+28.3
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
1YouGovD+34.020.1
2VotePredictorD+28.325.8

Polls (1)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
YouGov2006-10-31301D+34.020