VotePredictor
past elections

Wisconsin Senate

Mandela Barnes (D) vs Ron Johnson (R)

Actual result
R+1.0
Final polls said
R+3.4
13 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+5.1
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
1CiviqsR+1.00.0
2SSRSR+1.00.0
3YouGovR+1.00.0
4Siena CollegeR+2.01.0
5Marquette University Law SchoolR+2.01.0
6Garin-Hart-Yang Research GroupR+2.01.0
7Public Policy PollingEVEN1.0
8Trafalgar GroupR+2.71.7
9Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. ResearchR+3.02.0
10OnMessage Inc.R+4.03.0
11Clarity Campaign LabsD+2.03.0
12WickR+4.13.1
13Emerson CollegeR+4.63.6
14Fabrizio Lee & Associates/Impact ResearchR+5.04.0
15VotePredictorR+5.14.1
16Research Co.R+6.05.0
17Data for ProgressR+6.05.0
18Patriot PollingR+8.47.4

Forecasters — pre-election win probability, scored by Brier

#ForecasterWin probBrierCalled
1DDHQ/Decision DeskRep 91%0.008
2Race to the WHRep 89%0.012
3The EconomistRep 83%0.029
4VotePredictorRep 83%0.030
5FiveThirtyEightRep 81%0.036
6JHK ForecastsRep 80%0.040
7CNalysisRep 75%0.062
8Cook PoliticalRep 75%0.062
9Elections DailyRep 75%0.062
10Fox NewsRep 75%0.062
11Sabato's Crystal BallRep 75%0.062
12Split TicketRep 75%0.062
13Inside ElectionsRep 60%0.160
14RealClearPoliticsDem 50%0.250

Polls (27)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Civiqs2022-11-06739R+1.00
Research Co.2022-11-05450R+6.05
Data for Progress2022-11-041504R+6.05
Trafalgar Group2022-11-031095R+2.72
Clarity Campaign Labs2022-10-29888D+2.03
Siena College2022-10-29655R+2.01
Emerson College2022-10-281000R+4.64
Marquette University Law School2022-10-28679R+2.01
Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. Research2022-10-281000R+3.02
Wick2022-10-281089R+4.13
Patriot Polling2022-10-22801R+8.47
Data for Progress2022-10-181376R+5.04
SSRS2022-10-15714R+1.00
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group2022-10-13502R+2.01
Clarity Campaign Labs2022-10-09874D+1.02
Marquette University Law School2022-10-06652R+6.05
YouGov2022-10-051137R+1.00
Public Policy Polling2022-09-26574EVEN1
Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. Research2022-09-241012R+4.03
Data for Progress2022-09-22999R+2.01
Fabrizio Lee & Associates/Impact Research2022-09-22500R+5.04
Emerson College2022-09-17860R+3.63
Trafalgar Group2022-09-171087R+2.21
Siena College2022-09-14651D+1.02
OnMessage Inc.2022-09-12800R+4.03
Civiqs2022-09-12780R+1.00
Marquette University Law School2022-09-08632R+1.00