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past elections

Pennsylvania House

Jason Altmire (D) vs Melissa A. Hart (R)

Actual result
D+11.7
Final polls said
D+12.0
2 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+10.7
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
1Impact ResearchD+12.00.3
2SurveyUSAD+12.00.3
3VotePredictorD+10.71.0

Polls (2)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Impact Research2008-10-08500D+12.00
SurveyUSA2008-10-04614D+12.00