VotePredictor
past elections

New York House

Maurice D. Hinchey (D) vs George K. Phillips (R)

Actual result
D+11.9
Final polls said
D+8.5
2 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+9.5
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
1VotePredictorD+9.52.5
2Abacus AssociatesD+17.05.1
3Magellan StrategiesEVEN11.9

Polls (2)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Abacus Associates2010-10-20403D+17.05
Magellan Strategies2010-10-19442EVEN12