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past elections

West Virginia Governor

Earl Ray Tomblin (D) vs Bill Maloney (R)

Actual result
D+2.5
Final polls said
D+5.7
3 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+4.9
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
1Public Policy PollingD+1.01.5
2VotePredictorD+4.92.4
3Mellman GroupD+10.07.5
4RepassD+16.013.5

Polls (5)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Public Policy Polling2011-10-01932D+1.02
Mellman Group2011-09-18500D+10.07
Public Policy Polling2011-09-03708D+6.03
Mellman Group2011-08-21500D+14.011
Repass2011-08-17300D+16.013