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past elections

West Virginia Senate

John D. Rockefeller, IV (D) vs Jay Wolfe (R)

Actual result
D+27.5
Final polls said
D+20.0
3 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+22.1
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
1Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+28.00.5
2Orion StrategiesD+24.03.5
3VotePredictorD+22.15.4
4Public Policy PollingD+18.09.5
5YouGovD+18.09.5

Polls (4)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Public Policy Polling2008-10-292128D+18.09
YouGov2008-10-25404D+18.09
Orion Strategies2008-10-20600D+24.03
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-09-24500D+28.01