VotePredictor
past elections

Pennsylvania House

Patrick J. Murphy (D) vs Michael G. Fitzpatrick (R)

Actual result
R+7.0
Final polls said
R+4.0
2 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+4.3
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
1Monmouth University Polling InstituteR+5.02.0
2VotePredictorR+4.32.8
3Public Opinion StrategiesR+10.03.0
4Franklin & Marshall College Center for Opinion ResearchR+14.07.0
5Global Strategy GroupD+2.09.1
6PSB ResearchD+3.010.1
7Harstad Strategic ResearchD+3.010.1

Polls (6)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Public Opinion Strategies2010-10-19400R+10.03
Global Strategy Group2010-10-18400D+2.09
Monmouth University Polling Institute2010-10-12646R+5.02
PSB Research2010-10-11398D+3.010
Harstad Strategic Research2010-09-21507D+3.010
Franklin & Marshall College Center for Opinion Research2010-09-16379R+14.07