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past elections

Maine House

Jared Forrest Golden (D) vs Bruce Poliquin (R)

Actual result
D+6.1
Final polls said
D+2.0
2 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+2.3
Winner
Dem

"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
1Pan Atlantic ResearchD+7.41.3
2SurveyUSAD+3.03.1
3VotePredictorD+2.33.8
4University of New Hampshire Survey CenterD+1.05.1

Forecasters — pre-election win probability, scored by Brier

#ForecasterWin probBrierCalled
1Elections DailyDem 75%0.062
2Sabato's Crystal BallDem 75%0.062
3Split TicketDem 75%0.062
4Race to the WHDem 71%0.084
5FiveThirtyEightDem 67%0.109
6VotePredictorDem 61%0.153
7CNalysisDem 60%0.160
8Inside ElectionsDem 60%0.160
9JHK ForecastsDem 60%0.160
10The EconomistDem 54%0.212
11Cook PoliticalDem 50%0.250
12Fox NewsDem 50%0.250
13RealClearPoliticsDem 50%0.250
14DDHQ/Decision DeskRep 74%0.551

Polls (4)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
University of New Hampshire Survey Center2022-11-04433D+1.05
SurveyUSA2022-10-30544D+3.03
Pan Atlantic Research2022-10-11400D+7.41
University of New Hampshire Survey Center2022-09-17333D+11.05