VotePredictor
past elections

Maine House

Emily Ann Cain (D) vs Bruce Poliquin (R)

Actual result
R+9.6
Final polls said
D+2.0
1 late poll · ✗
Model predicted
R+2.3
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
1VotePredictorR+2.37.3
2Normington, Petts & AssociatesD+1.010.6
3University of New Hampshire Survey CenterD+2.011.6
4Clarity Campaign LabsD+4.013.6

Polls (5)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
University of New Hampshire Survey Center2016-10-22314D+2.012
Clarity Campaign Labs2016-10-10932D+4.014
Normington, Petts & Associates2016-10-02400D+1.011
Normington, Petts & Associates2016-09-21400EVEN10
University of New Hampshire Survey Center2016-09-17231R+10.00