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past elections

Virginia Senate

Mark R. Warner (D) vs James S. Gilmore III (R)

Actual result
D+31.3
Final polls said
D+28.3
16 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+28.6
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
1Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyD+31.00.3
2ABC News/The Washington PostD+31.00.3
3FTI ConsultingD+29.02.3
4Virginia Commonwealth University L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public AffairsD+34.02.7
5VotePredictorD+28.62.7
6Big VillageD+28.03.3
7Roanoke College Institute for Policy and Opinion ResearchD+35.03.7
8Public Policy PollingD+26.05.3
9GfK GroupD+26.05.3
10YouGovD+25.06.3
11Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+25.06.3
12SurveyUSAD+24.07.3
13Christopher Newport University Wason Center for Civic LeadershipD+24.07.3

Polls (27)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Public Policy Polling2008-11-011557D+26.05
SurveyUSA2008-10-31672D+24.07
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2008-10-29625D+31.00
ABC News/The Washington Post2008-10-26671D+31.00
FTI Consulting2008-10-25404D+29.02
YouGov2008-10-25772D+25.06
Big Village2008-10-25721D+28.03
SurveyUSA2008-10-25671D+31.00
ABC News/The Washington Post2008-10-24784D+30.01
GfK Group2008-10-24601D+26.05
Roanoke College Institute for Policy and Opinion Research2008-10-23614D+35.04
Public Policy Polling2008-10-221231D+28.03
Virginia Commonwealth University L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs2008-10-21817D+34.03
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2008-10-20625D+25.06
SurveyUSA2008-10-18652D+24.07
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-10-16700D+25.06
Public Policy Polling2008-10-06917D+27.04
SurveyUSA2008-10-04666D+30.01
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2008-09-30625D+26.05
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-09-25700D+26.05
SurveyUSA2008-09-20716D+23.08
ABC News/The Washington Post2008-09-20698D+30.01
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2008-09-19625D+33.02
SurveyUSA2008-09-13732D+23.08
Public Policy Polling2008-09-131090D+24.07
Christopher Newport University Wason Center for Civic Leadership2008-09-12500D+24.07
SurveyUSA2008-09-06717D+21.010