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Arkansas Senate

In the 2020 Arkansas Senate race, Tom Cotton (R) won with 66.5% of the vote. The Democratic-Republican margin was D+33.1.

Actual result
D+33.1
Final polls said
D+55.0
1 late poll · ✓
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Winner
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Final rankings

How everyone who called this race did, ranked — VotePredictor Elections shown inline (★).

Pollsters — each pollster's final poll vs the result

#PollsterFinal callMissCalled
1Hendrix CollegeD+35.01.9✓
2University of Arkansas Department of Political ScienceD+55.021.9✓
3American Research GroupD+11.022.1✓

The polls behind it

3 polls · newest first
PollsterDateMiss
University of Arkansas Department of Political Science2020-10-1522
Hendrix College2020-10-122
American Research Group2020-10-0822

Frequently asked questions

Who won the 2020 Arkansas Senate race?

Tom Cotton (R) won, with 66.5% of the vote. The two-party Democratic-Republican margin was D+33.1, which is what VotePredictor's model forecasts.

When was the 2020 Arkansas Senate election held?

It was held in November 2020.

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