VotePredictor
past elections

North Carolina Senate

Cheri Beasley (D) vs Ted Budd (R)

Actual result
R+3.2
Final polls said
R+3.9
10 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+7.0
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
1CygnalR+3.80.6
2WickR+4.51.3
3East Carolina University Center for Survey ResearchR+4.91.7
4Meredith College Department of History, Political Science, and International StudiesR+1.22.0
5Public Policy PollingR+1.02.2
6SurveyUSAR+1.02.2
7ActiVoteR+1.02.2
8Emerson CollegeR+5.72.5
9Data for ProgressR+6.02.8
10Trafalgar GroupR+6.43.2
11CiviqsEVEN3.2
12Marist CollegeEVEN3.2
13Global Strategy GroupEVEN3.2
14Remington Research GroupR+7.03.8
15VotePredictorR+7.03.8

Forecasters — pre-election win probability, scored by Brier

#ForecasterWin probBrierCalled
1VotePredictorRep 91%0.009
2Elections DailyRep 90%0.010
3Race to the WHRep 89%0.012
4The EconomistRep 83%0.029
5FiveThirtyEightRep 82%0.032
6JHK ForecastsRep 81%0.036
7DDHQ/Decision DeskRep 77%0.052
8CNalysisRep 75%0.062
9Cook PoliticalRep 75%0.062
10Fox NewsRep 75%0.062
11RealClearPoliticsRep 75%0.062
12Sabato's Crystal BallRep 75%0.062
13Split TicketRep 75%0.062
14Inside ElectionsRep 60%0.160

Polls (21)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Trafalgar Group2022-11-051098R+6.43
Data for Progress2022-11-041322R+6.03
East Carolina University Center for Survey Research2022-11-021183R+4.92
Remington Research Group2022-11-011140R+7.04
Civiqs2022-10-31674EVEN3
Meredith College Department of History, Political Science, and International Studies2022-10-29724R+1.22
Emerson College2022-10-281000R+5.72
Cygnal2022-10-21600R+3.81
Marist College2022-10-191130EVEN3
Trafalgar Group2022-10-181081R+4.21
East Carolina University Center for Survey Research2022-10-12902R+6.03
Wick2022-10-101009R+4.51
Public Policy Polling2022-10-07606R+1.02
SurveyUSA2022-09-30677R+1.02
Cygnal2022-09-25650D+0.34
Meredith College Department of History, Political Science, and International Studies2022-09-22731R+0.33
Civiqs2022-09-19586D+1.04
ActiVote2022-09-19250R+1.02
Global Strategy Group2022-09-16800EVEN3
Emerson College2022-09-151000R+2.41
East Carolina University Center for Survey Research2022-09-091020R+2.80