VotePredictor
past elections

Alaska Senate

Mark Begich (D) vs Dan Sullivan (R)

Actual result
R+2.1
Final polls said
D+0.5
7 late polls · ✗
Model predicted
R+1.5
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+1.50.6
2Public Policy PollingR+1.01.1
3Moore Information GroupR+4.01.9
4YouGovR+4.01.9
5Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. ResearchR+4.01.9
6Harstad Strategic ResearchEVEN2.1
7Rasmussen ReportsR+5.02.9
8Hickman AnalyticsR+5.02.9
9Dittman ResearchR+5.02.9
10Big VillageR+6.03.9
11Hays Research GroupD+4.26.3
12Alaska Survey ResearchD+7.910.0
13Hellenthal & AssociatesD+9.411.5

Polls (18)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Public Policy Polling2014-11-011052R+1.01
Rasmussen Reports2014-10-29887R+5.03
Moore Information Group2014-10-27500R+4.02
Alaska Survey Research2014-10-25330D+7.910
Harstad Strategic Research2014-10-20700EVEN2
YouGov2014-10-20561R+4.02
Hellenthal & Associates2014-10-18403D+9.412
Rasmussen Reports2014-10-10700R+3.01
Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. Research2014-10-06706R+4.02
Big Village2014-10-03704R+6.04
Hickman Analytics2014-09-29400R+5.03
YouGov2014-09-26593R+6.04
Rasmussen Reports2014-09-23750R+5.03
Public Policy Polling2014-09-20880R+2.00
Hellenthal & Associates2014-09-18400R+4.52
Dittman Research2014-09-16800R+5.03
Hays Research Group2014-09-13500D+4.26
Harstad Strategic Research2014-09-09709D+5.07