VotePredictor
past elections

Pennsylvania House

Brent Ottaway (D) vs John Joyce (R)

Actual result
R+41.0
Final polls said
R+21.0
1 late poll · ✓
Model predicted
R+24.1
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
1VotePredictorR+24.116.8
2Susquehanna Polling & Research Inc.R+21.020.0

Forecasters — pre-election win probability, scored by Brier

#ForecasterWin probBrierCalled
1Cook PoliticalRep 99%0.000
2The EconomistRep 100%0.000
3FiveThirtyEightRep 100%0.000
4Sabato's Crystal BallRep 99%0.000
5DDHQ/Decision DeskRep 91%0.008
6VotePredictorRep 50%0.247

Polls (1)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Susquehanna Polling & Research Inc.2018-10-25303R+21.020