VotePredictor
past elections

Alaska Senate

Ray Metcalfe (D) vs Lisa Murkowski (R)

Actual result
R+32.7
Final polls said
R+24.0
2 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+29.8
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+29.83.0
2Alaska Survey ResearchR+37.75.0
3Moore Information GroupR+40.07.3
4SurveyMonkeyR+22.010.7

Forecasters — pre-election win probability, scored by Brier

#ForecasterWin probBrierCalled
1FiveThirtyEightRep 99%0.000
2Inside ElectionsRep 99%0.000
3Sabato's Crystal BallRep 99%0.000
4VotePredictorRep 100%0.000
5Cook PoliticalRep 90%0.010

Polls (5)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyMonkey2016-11-04409R+22.011
SurveyMonkey2016-10-28300R+26.07
Moore Information Group2016-10-05500R+40.07
Alaska Survey Research2016-09-30660R+37.75
Moore Information Group2016-09-14500R+33.00