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past elections

Louisiana Senate

Foster L. Campbell (D) vs John Kennedy (R)

Actual result
R+21.3
Final polls said
R+21.0
3 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+25.3
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
1LucidR+19.61.7
2Emerson CollegeR+18.03.3
3VotePredictorR+25.34.0
4Trafalgar GroupR+16.15.2
5Southern Media & Opinion ResearchR+14.07.3
6University of New Orleans Survey Research CenterR+29.07.7

Forecasters — pre-election win probability, scored by Brier

#ForecasterWin probBrierCalled
1Cook PoliticalRep 99%0.000
2Inside ElectionsRep 99%0.000
3VotePredictorRep 100%0.000
4Sabato's Crystal BallRep 90%0.010
5FiveThirtyEightRep 86%0.020

Polls (6)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
University of New Orleans Survey Research Center2016-12-06776R+29.08
Trafalgar Group2016-12-052500R+16.15
Emerson College2016-11-29400R+18.03
Southern Media & Opinion Research2016-11-29500R+14.07
Trafalgar Group2016-11-162200R+23.12
Lucid2016-11-13960R+19.62