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past elections

Florida Senate

Val Demings (D) vs Marco Rubio (R)

Actual result
R+16.4
Final polls said
R+8.0
11 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+10.6
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
1Data for ProgressR+12.04.4
2University of North Florida Public Opinion Research LabR+11.05.4
3VotePredictorR+10.65.9
4Research Co.R+10.06.4
5Amber IntegratedR+9.07.4
6Siena CollegeR+8.08.4
7CiviqsR+7.09.4
8YouGovR+7.09.4
9Stetson University Center for Public Opinion ResearchR+7.09.4
10InsiderAdvantageR+6.010.4
11Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyR+6.010.4
12Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling InitiativeR+5.710.7
13RMG ResearchR+5.011.4
14Center Street PACR+5.011.4
15Victory InsightsR+4.012.4
16Suffolk UniversityR+4.012.4
17Sachs MediaR+3.013.4
18African American Research CollaborativeR+2.014.4
19Clarity Campaign LabsEVEN16.4

Forecasters — pre-election win probability, scored by Brier

#ForecasterWin probBrierCalled
1CNalysisRep 99%0.000
2The EconomistRep 99%0.000
3Elections DailyRep 99%0.000
4Race to the WHRep 99%0.000
5Split TicketRep 99%0.000
6JHK ForecastsRep 97%0.001
7VotePredictorRep 97%0.001
8FiveThirtyEightRep 95%0.003
9DDHQ/Decision DeskRep 91%0.007
10Cook PoliticalRep 90%0.010
11Fox NewsRep 90%0.010
12Inside ElectionsRep 90%0.010
13Sabato's Crystal BallRep 90%0.010
14RealClearPoliticsRep 75%0.062

Polls (21)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Research Co.2022-11-05450R+10.06
Data for Progress2022-11-041436R+12.04
InsiderAdvantage2022-11-01550R+6.010
Amber Integrated2022-11-01600R+9.07
Victory Insights2022-10-31500R+4.012
Civiqs2022-10-31772R+7.09
Siena College2022-10-31659R+8.08
YouGov2022-10-261117R+7.09
University of North Florida Public Opinion Research Lab2022-10-21622R+11.05
Data for Progress2022-10-211251R+7.09
Stetson University Center for Public Opinion Research2022-10-18644R+7.09
Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative2022-10-14719R+5.711
RMG Research2022-10-12685R+5.011
African American Research Collaborative2022-10-081250R+2.014
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2022-09-27800R+6.010
Clarity Campaign Labs2022-09-242860EVEN16
Siena College2022-09-22669R+7.09
Civiqs2022-09-19617R+2.014
Suffolk University2022-09-17500R+4.012
Sachs Media2022-09-10600R+3.013
Center Street PAC2022-09-09608R+5.011