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past elections

Mississippi Senate

Mike Espy (D) vs Cindy Hyde-Smith (R)

Actual result
R+13.1
Final polls said
R+16.0
3 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+17.2
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
1SurveyMonkeyR+14.00.9
2JMC Analytics/Bold Blue CampaignsR+10.03.1
3VotePredictorR+17.24.0
4Change ResearchR+5.08.1
5Marist CollegeR+26.012.9

Forecasters — pre-election win probability, scored by Brier

#ForecasterWin probBrierCalled
1Cook PoliticalRep 99%0.000
2FiveThirtyEightRep 99%0.000
3JHK ForecastsRep 99%0.000
4Sabato's Crystal BallRep 99%0.000
5Inside ElectionsRep 99%0.000
6VotePredictorRep 99%0.000
7DDHQ/Decision DeskRep 97%0.001

Polls (6)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Change Research2018-11-251211R+5.02
JMC Analytics/Bold Blue Campaigns2018-11-21684R+10.03
Change Research2018-11-031003R+8.011
Marist College2018-10-15511R+26.07
Marist College2018-10-15511R+14.07
SurveyMonkey2018-09-17985R+14.05