VotePredictor
past elections

Illinois House

Jesse Louis Jackson (D) vs Brian Woodworth (R)

Actual result
D+40.0
Final polls said
D+31.0
1 late poll · ✓
Model predicted
D+33.0
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
1VotePredictorD+33.07.0
2We Ask AmericaD+31.09.0

Polls (1)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
We Ask America2012-10-21819D+31.09