VotePredictor
past elections

Iowa Governor

Fred Hubbell (D) vs Kim Reynolds (R)

Actual result
R+2.7
Final polls said
D+2.1
4 late polls · ✗
Model predicted
R+1.9
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+1.90.8
2Emerson CollegeR+3.91.2
3Selzer & Co.D+2.04.7
4Change ResearchD+3.05.7
5University of Iowa Hawkeye Poll CooperativeD+7.410.1

Polls (6)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Change Research2018-11-03961D+3.06
Selzer & Co.2018-11-01801D+2.05
Emerson College2018-10-311462R+3.91
University of Iowa Hawkeye Poll Cooperative2018-10-15452D+7.410
Selzer & Co.2018-09-19555D+2.05
Emerson College2018-09-071000D+4.67