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past elections

Virginia House

Tom S. Perriello (D) vs Virgil H. Goode (R)

Actual result
D+0.2
Final polls said
R+3.0
1 late poll · ✗
Model predicted
R+6.2
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
1SurveyUSAR+3.03.2
2VotePredictorR+6.26.4
3Benenson Strategy GroupR+8.08.2

Polls (3)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2008-11-01640R+3.03
Benenson Strategy Group2008-10-08400R+8.08
SurveyUSA2008-10-06680R+13.013