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past elections

North Carolina House

Lawrence Webb Kissell (D) vs Robert C. Hayes (R)

Actual result
D+10.8
Final polls said
D+5.0
1 late poll · ✓
Model predicted
D+5.6
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
1GQRD+11.00.2
2SurveyUSAD+8.02.8
3VotePredictorD+5.65.1
4Public Policy PollingD+5.05.8
5Public Opinion StrategiesR+3.013.8

Polls (4)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Public Policy Polling2008-10-261589D+5.06
SurveyUSA2008-10-04609D+8.03
GQR2008-09-28400D+11.00
Public Opinion Strategies2008-09-24400R+3.014