VotePredictor
past elections

California House

Ami Bera (D) vs Scott Jones (R)

Actual result
D+2.3
Final polls said
D+3.0
3 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+5.0
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
1VotePredictorD+5.02.7
2Public Opinion StrategiesR+5.07.3
3Tulchin ResearchD+11.08.7

Polls (3)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Tulchin Research2016-10-11400D+11.09
Public Opinion Strategies2016-10-02400R+5.07
Tulchin Research2016-09-12400D+3.01