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past elections

Virginia Senate

Mark R. Warner (D) vs Ed W. Gillespie (R)

Actual result
D+0.8
Final polls said
D+8.0
5 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+12.6
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
1Vox Populi PollingD+4.03.2
2Christopher Newport University Wason Center for Civic LeadershipD+7.06.2
3Public Policy PollingD+9.08.2
4Quinnipiac UniversityD+9.08.2
5Roanoke College Institute for Policy and Opinion ResearchD+10.09.2
6YouGovD+10.09.2
7Princeton Survey Research Associates InternationalD+10.09.2
8VotePredictorD+12.611.7

Polls (12)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Public Policy Polling2014-10-29937D+9.08
Vox Populi Polling2014-10-27734D+4.03
Christopher Newport University Wason Center for Civic Leadership2014-10-26634D+7.06
Roanoke College Institute for Policy and Opinion Research2014-10-22459D+10.09
YouGov2014-10-201605D+10.09
Princeton Survey Research Associates International2014-10-03444D+10.09
Christopher Newport University Wason Center for Civic Leadership2014-10-02690D+12.011
YouGov2014-09-261656D+12.011
Public Policy Polling2014-09-22625D+13.012
Quinnipiac University2014-09-191010D+9.08
Roanoke College Institute for Policy and Opinion Research2014-09-16630D+19.018
Christopher Newport University Wason Center for Civic Leadership2014-09-04713D+22.021