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past elections

Minnesota House

Jim Graves (D) vs Michele Bachmann (R)

Actual result
R+1.2
Final polls said
R+6.0
1 late poll · ✓
Model predicted
R+7.5
Winner
Rep

"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
1GQRR+2.00.8
2Rasmussen ReportsR+6.04.8
3VotePredictorR+7.56.3
4SurveyUSAR+9.07.8

Polls (3)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Rasmussen Reports2012-10-161000R+6.05
SurveyUSA2012-10-10598R+9.08
GQR2012-10-03403R+2.01