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past elections

West Virginia House

Talley Sergent (D) vs Alexander X. Mooney (R)

Actual result
R+11.0
Final polls said
R+7.4
1 late poll · ✓
Model predicted
R+12.4
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+12.41.4
2Emerson CollegeR+7.43.6

Forecasters — pre-election win probability, scored by Brier

#ForecasterWin probBrierCalled
1The EconomistRep 99%0.000
2Sabato's Crystal BallRep 99%0.000
3FiveThirtyEightRep 97%0.001
4VotePredictorRep 95%0.003
5Cook PoliticalRep 90%0.010
6DDHQ/Decision DeskRep 86%0.020

Polls (2)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Emerson College2018-10-30344R+7.44
Emerson College2018-09-14277R+8.72