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past elections

West Virginia Governor

Ben Salango (D) vs James Justice (R)

Actual result
R+33.9
Final polls said
R+18.2
1 late poll · ✓
Model predicted
R+17.1
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
1Mark Blankenship EnterprisesR+27.06.9
2RepassR+19.014.9
3American Pulse Research & PollingR+18.215.7
4VotePredictorR+17.116.8
5Strategies UnlimitedR+6.027.9

Polls (5)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
American Pulse Research & Polling2020-10-19544R+18.216
Repass2020-10-03450R+19.015
American Pulse Research & Polling2020-09-29525R+11.023
Strategies Unlimited2020-09-28600R+6.028
Mark Blankenship Enterprises2020-09-12504R+27.07