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past elections

Minnesota House

Richard M. Nolan (D) vs Chip Cravaack (R)

Actual result
D+8.9
Final polls said
D+0.8
4 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+1.0
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
1Rasmussen ReportsD+7.01.9
2Public Policy PollingD+4.04.9
3Victoria Research & ConsultingD+4.04.9
4SurveyUSAD+2.06.9
5VotePredictorD+1.07.9
6Global Strategy GroupEVEN8.9
7OnMessage Inc.R+10.018.9

Polls (8)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2012-11-02585D+2.07
Public Policy Polling2012-10-251020D+4.05
OnMessage Inc.2012-10-24400R+10.019
Rasmussen Reports2012-10-161000D+7.02
SurveyUSA2012-10-08578D+1.08
Victoria Research & Consulting2012-10-07400D+4.05
Global Strategy Group2012-10-06405EVEN9
SurveyUSA2012-09-08578D+1.08