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past elections

New York House

Kathy C. Hochul (D) vs Chris Collins (R)

Actual result
D+0.8
Final polls said
R+1.0
1 late poll · ✗
Model predicted
R+3.3
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
1Siena CollegeR+1.01.8
2VotePredictorR+3.34.1
3Public Opinion StrategiesR+7.07.8

Polls (3)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Siena College2012-10-31636R+1.02
Public Opinion Strategies2012-10-10400R+7.08
Siena College2012-10-03633EVEN1