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past elections

South Carolina Senate

Bob Conley (D) vs Lindsey Graham (R)

Actual result
R+15.3
Final polls said
R+17.5
2 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+15.7
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+15.70.5
2YouGovR+16.00.7
3SurveyUSAR+19.03.7
4Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+9.06.3

Polls (5)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2008-10-28654R+19.04
YouGov2008-10-25728R+16.01
SurveyUSA2008-10-12561R+16.01
SurveyUSA2008-09-21690R+14.01
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-09-18500R+9.06