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past elections

Minnesota Senate

Al Franken (D) vs Mike McFadden (R)

Actual result
D+10.2
Final polls said
D+11.3
4 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+12.8
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
1YouGovD+10.00.2
2SurveyUSAD+11.00.8
3Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyD+9.01.2
4Rasmussen ReportsD+8.02.2
5VotePredictorD+12.82.5
6Public Opinion StrategiesD+7.03.2

Polls (9)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2014-10-29597D+11.01
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2014-10-21800D+9.01
YouGov2014-10-202430D+10.00
SurveyUSA2014-10-15597D+15.05
Public Opinion Strategies2014-10-06500D+7.03
SurveyUSA2014-10-01577D+18.08
Rasmussen Reports2014-09-29750D+8.02
YouGov2014-09-262562D+7.03
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2014-09-09800D+13.03