VotePredictor
past elections

New York House

William L. Owens (D) vs Matthew A. Doheny (R)

Actual result
D+5.0
Final polls said
D+3.3
3 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+2.7
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
1Global Strategy GroupD+7.02.0
2VotePredictorD+2.72.3
3Public Opinion StrategiesD+2.03.0
4Siena CollegeD+1.04.0

Polls (5)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Siena College2012-10-29629D+1.04
Public Opinion Strategies2012-10-24400D+2.03
Global Strategy Group2012-10-22403D+7.02
Public Opinion Strategies2012-10-01400D+5.00
Global Strategy Group2012-10-01400D+14.09