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past elections

Texas House

Solomon P. Ortiz (D) vs Blake Farenthold (R)

Actual result
R+0.8
Final polls said
R+9.0
2 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+8.5
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
1OnMessage Inc.R+8.07.3
2VotePredictorR+8.57.8
3ccAdvertisingR+10.09.3

Polls (2)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
ccAdvertising2010-10-121122R+10.09
OnMessage Inc.2010-10-11400R+8.07