VotePredictor
past elections

California Senate

Alex Padilla (D) vs Mark P. Meuser (R)

Actual result
D+22.1
Final polls said
D+19.3
3 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+18.6
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
1SurveyUSAD+22.00.1
2VotePredictorD+18.63.5
3University of Southern California Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global PolicyD+26.03.9
4Research Co.D+16.06.1

Forecasters — pre-election win probability, scored by Brier

#ForecasterWin probBrierCalled
1CNalysisDem 99%0.000
2Cook PoliticalDem 99%0.000
3DDHQ/Decision DeskDem 100%0.000
4The EconomistDem 100%0.000
5Elections DailyDem 99%0.000
6Fox NewsDem 99%0.000
7FiveThirtyEightDem 100%0.000
8Inside ElectionsDem 99%0.000
9JHK ForecastsDem 100%0.000
10Race to the WHDem 100%0.000
11RealClearPoliticsDem 99%0.000
12Sabato's Crystal BallDem 99%0.000
13Split TicketDem 99%0.000
14VotePredictorDem 100%0.000

Polls (5)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Research Co.2022-11-05450D+16.06
Research Co.2022-11-05450D+16.06
University of Southern California Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy2022-11-01802D+26.04
SurveyUSA2022-10-091013D+22.00
SurveyUSA2022-10-091013D+22.00