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past elections

Florida House

Joe Garcia (D) vs David Rivera (R)

Actual result
D+10.6
Final polls said
R+2.5
1 late poll · ✗
Model predicted
D+1.5
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
1Benenson Strategy GroupD+11.00.4
2McLaughlin & AssociatesD+10.00.6
3GBAOD+9.01.6
4Public Policy PollingD+7.03.6
5VotePredictorD+1.59.1
6St. Pete PollsR+2.513.1

Polls (6)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
St. Pete Polls2012-10-16469R+2.513
Benenson Strategy Group2012-10-10400D+11.00
St. Pete Polls2012-10-04473R+2.914
McLaughlin & Associates2012-09-25750D+10.01
Public Policy Polling2012-09-12578D+7.04
GBAO2012-09-10400D+9.02