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past elections

New York House

William L. Owens (D) vs Dierdre K. Scozzafava (R)

Actual result
D+39.2
Final polls said
D+17.8
5 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+13.6
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
1Siena CollegeD+30.09.2
2Public Policy PollingD+21.018.2
3Neighborhood Research and MediaD+15.024.2
4VotePredictorD+13.625.6
5Basswood ResearchD+7.032.2
6McLaughlin & AssociatesR+10.049.2

Polls (9)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Siena College2009-11-01606D+30.09
Public Policy Polling2009-10-311754D+21.018
Siena College2009-10-28704D+16.023
Neighborhood Research and Media2009-10-25442D+15.024
Basswood Research2009-10-24300D+7.032
Siena College2009-10-12617D+4.035
Siena College2009-09-28622R+7.046
Basswood Research2009-09-17300R+3.042
McLaughlin & Associates2009-09-08300R+10.049