VotePredictor
past elections

New York House

Scott Murphy (D) vs James Nicholas Tedisco (R)

Actual result
D+0.9
Final polls said
R+2.3
3 late polls · ✗
Model predicted
R+4.5
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
1Siena CollegeD+4.03.1
2VotePredictorR+4.55.4
3Benenson Strategy GroupR+7.07.9
4Public Opinion StrategiesR+21.021.9

Polls (5)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Siena College2009-03-25917D+4.03
Siena College2009-03-09712R+4.05
Benenson Strategy Group2009-02-24400R+7.08
Siena College2009-02-18710R+12.013
Public Opinion Strategies2009-02-03400R+21.022