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past elections

Missouri House

Kay Waldo Barnes (D) vs Sam Graves (R)

Actual result
R+22.6
Final polls said
R+18.0
1 late poll · ✓
Model predicted
R+13.8
Winner
Rep

"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
1SurveyUSAR+18.04.6
2VotePredictorR+13.88.8

Polls (3)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2008-10-27618R+18.05
SurveyUSA2008-10-13589R+11.012
SurveyUSA2008-09-17636R+9.014