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past elections

California House

Doug Applegate (D) vs Darrell Issa (R)

Actual result
R+0.5
Final polls said
R+2.3
3 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+6.0
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
1DCCC Targeting and Analytics DepartmentR+2.01.5
2Tulchin ResearchD+4.04.5
3VotePredictorR+6.05.5
4Public Opinion StrategiesR+9.08.5

Polls (3)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Public Opinion Strategies2016-10-05400R+9.08
Tulchin Research2016-09-29400D+4.05
DCCC Targeting and Analytics Department2016-09-24504R+2.01