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past elections

Texas Governor

Lupe Valdez (D) vs Greg Abbott (R)

Actual result
R+13.3
Final polls said
R+17.1
6 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+22.1
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
1Rasmussen ReportsR+13.00.3
2Quinnipiac UniversityR+14.00.7
3IpsosR+15.01.7
4Vox Populi PollingR+10.03.3
5SSRSR+18.04.7
6Emerson CollegeR+8.35.0
7YouGovR+19.05.7
8University of Texas at Tyler Center for Opinion ResearchR+20.47.1
9The New York Times/Siena CollegeR+22.08.7
10VotePredictorR+22.18.8
11Dixie StrategiesR+26.012.7
12The Eppstein GroupR+29.015.7

Polls (16)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Emerson College2018-10-29781R+8.35
Quinnipiac University2018-10-251078R+14.01
Dixie Strategies2018-10-25588R+26.013
University of Texas at Tyler Center for Opinion Research2018-10-211033R+20.47
YouGov2018-10-18927R+19.06
Ipsos2018-10-151298R+15.02
SSRS2018-10-11716R+18.05
The New York Times/Siena College2018-10-10800R+22.09
Quinnipiac University2018-10-06730R+20.07
Emerson College2018-10-03500R+19.87
The Eppstein Group2018-09-191200R+29.016
Vox Populi Polling2018-09-17508R+10.03
Quinnipiac University2018-09-14807R+19.06
Ipsos2018-09-10992R+9.04
Rasmussen Reports2018-09-08800R+13.00
Dixie Strategies2018-09-06519R+18.96