VotePredictor
past elections

Louisiana President

Mitt Romney (D) vs Rick Santorum (R)

Actual result
R+17.2
Final polls said
R+17.4
3 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+18.3
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
1VotePredictorR+18.31.1
2Clarus Research GroupR+16.01.2
3Zogby AnalyticsR+13.24.0
4Magellan StrategiesR+23.05.8
5Southern Media & Opinion ResearchR+5.711.5

Polls (4)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Clarus Research Group2012-10-06602R+16.01
Magellan Strategies2012-10-032682R+23.06
Zogby Analytics2012-09-29412R+13.24
Southern Media & Opinion Research2012-09-15600R+5.712