VotePredictor
past elections

Iowa House

Jim Mowrer (D) vs David Young (R)

Actual result
R+13.7
Final polls said
R+5.0
1 late poll · ✓
Model predicted
R+9.9
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
1Tarrance GroupR+15.01.3
2VotePredictorR+9.93.8
3Loras College Public Opinion Survey CenterR+5.08.7
4GQRR+3.010.7

Polls (4)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Loras College Public Opinion Survey Center2016-11-02417R+5.09
GQR2016-10-11400R+3.011
Loras College Public Opinion Survey Center2016-09-21327R+10.04
Tarrance Group2016-09-21400R+15.01