VotePredictor
past elections

Iowa House

Bruce L. Braley (D) vs Benjamin M. Lange (R)

Actual result
D+15.3
Final polls said
R+2.0
1 late poll · ✗
Model predicted
R+1.8
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
1VotePredictorR+1.817.1
2Victory EnterprisesR+2.017.3

Polls (1)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Victory Enterprises2012-10-24390R+2.017