VotePredictor
past elections

Illinois House

Melissa Bean (D) vs Joe Walsh (R)

Actual result
R+0.1
Final polls said
R+3.0
1 late poll · ✓
Model predicted
R+1.3
Winner
Rep

"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
1VotePredictorR+1.31.2
2We Ask AmericaR+3.02.9

Polls (2)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
We Ask America2010-10-31773R+3.03
We Ask America2010-09-28442EVEN0