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past elections

Massachusetts House

John F. Tierney (D) vs Richard R. Tisei (R)

Actual result
D+1.1
Final polls said
R+0.7
3 late polls · ✗
Model predicted
R+3.5
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
1VotePredictorR+3.54.6
2University of New Hampshire Survey CenterR+6.07.1
3North Star Opinion ResearchR+8.09.1
4MassINC Polling GroupD+12.010.9

Polls (3)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
North Star Opinion Research2012-09-25400R+8.09
University of New Hampshire Survey Center2012-09-24371R+6.07
MassINC Polling Group2012-09-09401D+12.011