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past elections

Kentucky Senate

Bruce Lunsford (D) vs Mitch McConnell (R)

Actual result
R+5.9
Final polls said
R+5.1
7 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+5.9
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
1VotePredictorR+5.90.0
2Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyR+5.00.9
3Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+7.01.1
4YouGovR+7.01.1
5SurveyUSAR+8.02.1
6Voter/Consumer ResearchR+9.03.1
7Garin-Hart-Yang Research GroupR+2.03.9

Polls (13)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2008-10-31616R+8.02
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-10-29500R+7.01
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2008-10-28817R+5.01
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group2008-10-26502R+2.04
YouGov2008-10-25486R+7.01
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-10-21500R+7.01
SurveyUSA2008-10-19535EVEN6
Voter/Consumer Research2008-10-07800R+9.03
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group2008-10-06501R+3.03
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-09-30500R+9.03
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2008-09-24717R+1.05
SurveyUSA2008-09-21672R+3.03
Voter/Consumer Research2008-09-08900R+17.011