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past elections

South Dakota House

Paula Hawks (D) vs Kristi Noem (R)

Actual result
R+28.2
Final polls said
R+17.0
2 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+21.7
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
1Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyR+24.04.2
2VotePredictorR+21.76.5
3Nielson Brothers PollingR+10.018.2

Polls (2)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Nielson Brothers Polling2016-10-25600R+10.018
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2016-10-19400R+24.04