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past elections

New York Senate

Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D) vs Wendy E. Long (R)

Actual result
D+40.8
Final polls said
D+40.3
4 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+35.1
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
1SurveyUSAD+42.01.2
2Siena CollegeD+43.02.2
3Marist CollegeD+44.03.2
4Quinnipiac UniversityD+37.03.8
5VotePredictorD+35.15.7
6YouGovD+32.08.8

Polls (7)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
YouGov2012-11-021430D+32.09
SurveyUSA2012-10-24554D+42.01
Siena College2012-10-23750D+43.02
Marist College2012-10-20565D+44.03
YouGov2012-10-081142D+30.011
YouGov2012-09-111403D+27.014
Quinnipiac University2012-09-061486D+37.04