VotePredictor
past elections

Alaska House

Alyse S. Galvin (D) vs Don Young (R)

Actual result
R+6.6
Final polls said
R+1.5
2 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+7.3
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
1VotePredictorR+7.30.7
2Lake Research PartnersR+4.02.6
3Public Policy PollingR+3.03.6
4Alaska Survey ResearchD+1.07.6

Forecasters — pre-election win probability, scored by Brier

#ForecasterWin probBrierCalled
1The EconomistRep 78%0.048
2Cook PoliticalRep 75%0.062
3FiveThirtyEightRep 75%0.062
4Sabato's Crystal BallRep 75%0.062
5VotePredictorRep 70%0.093
6DDHQ/Decision DeskRep 67%0.109

Polls (6)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Alaska Survey Research2018-10-28500D+1.08
Lake Research Partners2018-10-15500R+4.03
Alaska Survey Research2018-10-13500R+2.05
Public Policy Polling2018-10-11645R+3.04
Alaska Survey Research2018-10-03500R+3.73
Alaska Survey Research2018-09-23500R+11.35