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past elections

Alabama Senate

William G. Barnes (D) vs Richard C. Shelby (R)

Actual result
R+30.5
Final polls said
R+28.0
1 late poll · ✓
Model predicted
R+28.8
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
1VotePredictorR+28.81.6
2Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+28.02.5

Polls (1)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2010-09-21500R+28.02