VotePredictor
past elections

Massachusetts House

Barney Frank (D) vs Sean Bielat (R)

Actual result
D+10.5
Final polls said
D+12.5
2 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+12.6
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
1OnMessage Inc.D+10.00.5
2Fleming & AssociatesD+12.01.5
3VotePredictorD+12.62.1
4University of New Hampshire Survey CenterD+13.02.5
5Kiley & CompanyD+19.08.5

Polls (4)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
University of New Hampshire Survey Center2010-10-19385D+13.02
Fleming & Associates2010-10-16400D+12.01
Kiley & Company2010-10-13500D+19.08
OnMessage Inc.2010-09-21400D+10.01