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past elections

Kansas Governor

Laura Kelly (D) vs Kris W. Kobach (R)

Actual result
D+5.1
Final polls said
D+0.2
3 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+4.7
Winner
Dem

"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
1Fort Hays State University Docking Institute of Public AffairsD+4.01.1
2IpsosD+2.03.1
3CiviqsD+2.03.1
4Remington Research GroupD+1.04.1
5Public Policy PollingEVEN5.1
6Emerson CollegeR+1.36.4
7VotePredictorR+4.79.8

Polls (8)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Emerson College2018-10-27976R+1.36
Ipsos2018-10-22986D+2.03
Public Policy Polling2018-10-19698EVEN5
Remington Research Group2018-09-301680D+1.04
Emerson College2018-09-27938R+1.46
Civiqs2018-09-231178D+2.03
Public Policy Polling2018-09-12618R+1.06
Fort Hays State University Docking Institute of Public Affairs2018-09-08324D+4.01