VotePredictor
past elections

New York House

Scott Murphy (D) vs Christopher P. Gibson (R)

Actual result
R+1.5
Final polls said
R+5.5
2 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+0.2
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
1Public Opinion StrategiesR+2.00.5
2VotePredictorD+0.21.7
3Siena CollegeR+9.07.5
4Grove InsightD+13.014.5

Polls (5)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Siena College2010-10-24676R+9.07
Public Opinion Strategies2010-10-17400R+2.00
Grove Insight2010-09-29400D+13.015
Public Opinion Strategies2010-09-27400D+4.06
Siena College2010-09-13603D+17.019