VotePredictor
past elections

Illinois House

Brad Schneider (D) vs Robert Dold (R)

Actual result
D+5.2
Final polls said
D+2.7
3 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+0.5
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
1Normington, Petts & AssociatesD+5.00.2
2VotePredictorD+0.54.7
3Clarity Campaign LabsD+10.04.8
4North Star Opinion ResearchR+7.012.2

Polls (3)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Clarity Campaign Labs2016-10-12738D+10.05
North Star Opinion Research2016-10-10400R+7.012
Normington, Petts & Associates2016-09-28399D+5.00