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past elections

Vermont House

Peter Welch (D) vs Paul Beaudry (R)

Actual result
D+32.5
Final polls said
D+35.0
2 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+34.1
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
1Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+34.01.5
2VotePredictorD+34.11.6
3Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyD+36.03.5

Polls (2)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2010-10-12625D+36.03
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2010-09-13500D+34.01