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past elections

Maine Senate

Cynthia Dill (D) vs Charlie Summers (R)

Actual result
R+17.5
Final polls said
R+23.1
3 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+23.8
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
1GS Strategy GroupR+16.51.0
2Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+19.01.5
3Digital ResearchR+22.04.5
4Pan Atlantic ResearchR+11.75.8
5Maine People's Resource CenterR+23.35.8
6VotePredictorR+23.86.3
7Public Policy PollingR+24.06.5

Polls (9)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Maine People's Resource Center2012-11-02905R+23.36
Public Policy Polling2012-11-011633R+24.07
Digital Research2012-10-30613R+22.05
Pan Atlantic Research2012-09-26400R+11.76
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2012-09-25500R+19.02
GS Strategy Group2012-09-24400R+16.51
Public Policy Polling2012-09-17804R+21.04
Maine People's Resource Center2012-09-16856R+13.34
Digital Research2012-09-14618R+16.01