VotePredictor
past elections

New York House

Eric J. Massa (D) vs John R. Kuhl (R)

Actual result
D+5.0
Final polls said
D+6.0
2 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+5.3
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
1Benenson Strategy GroupD+5.00.0
2VotePredictorD+5.30.3
3SurveyUSAD+7.02.0

Polls (2)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2008-10-04602D+7.02
Benenson Strategy Group2008-09-30403D+5.00