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past elections

Ohio House

Desiree Tims (D) vs Mike Turner (R)

Actual result
R+16.7
Final polls said
R+4.0
1 late poll · ✓
Model predicted
R+8.3
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+8.38.4
2Garin-Hart-Yang Research GroupR+4.012.7

Forecasters — pre-election win probability, scored by Brier

#ForecasterWin probBrierCalled
1Sabato's Crystal BallRep 99%0.000
2The EconomistRep 95%0.002
3FiveThirtyEightRep 91%0.008
4Cook PoliticalRep 90%0.010
5JHK ForecastsRep 90%0.010
6VotePredictorRep 79%0.045
7DDHQ/Decision DeskRep 72%0.079

Polls (2)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group2020-10-17400R+4.013
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group2020-09-28400R+7.010