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past elections

Maine Senate

Shenna Bellows (D) vs Susan M. Collins (R)

Actual result
R+37.0
Final polls said
R+29.1
5 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+28.6
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
1University of New Hampshire Survey CenterR+35.02.0
2Pan Atlantic ResearchR+39.62.6
3IpsosR+32.05.0
4VotePredictorR+28.68.4
5Maine People's Resource CenterR+20.116.9
6YouGovR+19.018.0

Polls (9)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Maine People's Resource Center2014-11-01906R+20.117
Ipsos2014-10-26488R+32.05
YouGov2014-10-201177R+19.018
University of New Hampshire Survey Center2014-10-18667R+35.02
Pan Atlantic Research2014-10-18400R+39.63
Ipsos2014-10-09540R+25.012
Pan Atlantic Research2014-09-26400R+43.36
YouGov2014-09-261531R+24.013
University of New Hampshire Survey Center2014-09-22482R+30.07