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past elections

California House

Loretta Sanchez (D) vs Van Tran (R)

Actual result
D+13.7
Final polls said
R+8.2
2 late polls · ✗
Model predicted
R+3.7
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
1Public Opinion StrategiesEVEN13.7
2VotePredictorR+3.717.4
3ccAdvertisingR+16.430.1

Polls (2)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Public Opinion Strategies2010-10-13300EVEN14
ccAdvertising2010-09-29442R+16.430