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past elections

Montana Senate

Jon Tester (D) vs Denny Rehberg (R)

Actual result
D+3.7
Final polls said
D+0.4
5 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+0.5
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
1Public Policy PollingD+2.01.7
2Global Strategy GroupD+2.01.7
3Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+1.02.7
4Garin-Hart-Yang Research GroupD+1.02.7
5VotePredictorD+0.53.3
6Montana State University BillingsR+2.96.6
7Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyR+4.07.7

Polls (11)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Public Policy Polling2012-11-02836D+2.02
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2012-10-30679R+4.08
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2012-10-29500D+1.03
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group2012-10-28807D+1.03
Public Policy Polling2012-10-15806D+2.02
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2012-10-14500EVEN4
Public Policy Polling2012-10-09737D+2.02
Montana State University Billings2012-09-29477R+2.97
Global Strategy Group2012-09-24606D+2.02
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2012-09-18625R+3.07
Public Policy Polling2012-09-10656D+2.02