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past elections

California House

Jose Hernandez (D) vs Jeff Denham (R)

Actual result
R+5.4
Final polls said
EVEN
2 late polls · ✗
Model predicted
R+3.3
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
1VotePredictorR+3.32.1
2Momentum AnalysisR+2.03.4
3DCCC Targeting and Analytics DepartmentD+2.07.4

Polls (2)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Momentum Analysis2012-09-30500R+2.03
DCCC Targeting and Analytics Department2012-09-10382D+2.07