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past elections

California House

Lois Capps (D) vs Abel Maldonado (R)

Actual result
D+10.2
Final polls said
R+1.0
1 late poll · ✗
Model predicted
R+2.0
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 Opinion StrategiesR+1.011.2
2VotePredictorR+2.012.1

Polls (1)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Public Opinion Strategies2012-10-02400R+1.011