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past elections

Pennsylvania House

Jess King (D) vs Lloyd K. Smucker (R)

Actual result
R+17.9
Final polls said
R+4.0
1 late poll · ✓
Model predicted
R+9.7
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+9.78.2
2Public Policy PollingR+9.08.9
3Susquehanna Polling & Research Inc.R+4.013.9

Forecasters — pre-election win probability, scored by Brier

#ForecasterWin probBrierCalled
1Cook PoliticalRep 99%0.000
2The EconomistRep 99%0.000
3FiveThirtyEightRep 98%0.000
4Sabato's Crystal BallRep 99%0.000
5VotePredictorRep 89%0.012
6DDHQ/Decision DeskRep 88%0.013

Polls (2)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Susquehanna Polling & Research Inc.2018-10-21311R+4.014
Public Policy Polling2018-09-12552R+9.09