VotePredictor
past elections

Kentucky Senate

Jim Gray (D) vs Rand Paul (R)

Actual result
R+14.6
Final polls said
R+8.9
4 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+12.4
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
1Western Kentucky University Social Science Research CenterR+16.01.4
2VotePredictorR+12.42.2
3CygnalR+9.74.9
4SurveyMonkeyR+4.010.6

Forecasters — pre-election win probability, scored by Brier

#ForecasterWin probBrierCalled
1Cook PoliticalRep 99%0.000
2Inside ElectionsRep 99%0.000
3Sabato's Crystal BallRep 99%0.000
4VotePredictorRep 98%0.000
5FiveThirtyEightRep 94%0.004

Polls (4)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyMonkey2016-11-041315R+4.011
SurveyMonkey2016-10-28424R+6.09
Cygnal2016-10-27811R+9.75
Western Kentucky University Social Science Research Center2016-10-27602R+16.01