VotePredictor
past elections

California House

John S. Hernandez (D) vs David G. Valadao (R)

Actual result
R+15.5
Final polls said
R+12.0
2 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+12.9
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+12.92.6
2Moore Information GroupR+20.04.5
3FM3 ResearchR+4.011.5

Polls (2)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
FM3 Research2012-10-14400R+4.012
Moore Information Group2012-10-08400R+20.04