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Virginia Governor
Actual result
D+15.4
Final polls said
D+9.8
20 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+7.8
✓
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
| # | Pollster | Final call | Miss | Called |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | YouGov | D+15.0 | 0.4 | ✓ |
| 2 | Research Co. | D+17.0 | 1.6 | ✓ |
| 3 | State Navigate | D+13.0 | 2.4 | ✓ |
| 4 | Echelon Insights | D+12.0 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| 5 | The Washington Post/George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government | D+12.0 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| 6 | Emerson College | D+11.2 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| 7 | InsiderAdvantage | D+10.2 | 5.2 | ✓ |
| 8 | Roanoke College | D+10.0 | 5.4 | ✓ |
| 9 | Gravis Marketing/Kaplan Strategies | D+10.0 | 5.4 | ✓ |
| 10 | Clarity Campaign Labs | D+10.0 | 5.4 | ✓ |
| 11 | AtlasIntel | D+9.0 | 6.4 | ✓ |
| 12 | Quantus Insights | D+8.7 | 6.7 | ✓ |
| 13 | Suffolk University | D+8.6 | 6.8 | ✓ |
| 14 | A2 Insights | D+8.1 | 7.3 | ✓ |
| 15 | VotePredictor | D+7.8 | 7.5 | ✓ |
| 16 | Christopher Newport University | D+7.0 | 8.4 | ✓ |
| 17 | Trafalgar Group | D+6.5 | 8.9 | ✓ |
| 18 | co/efficient | D+5.0 | 10.4 | ✓ |
| 19 | Trafalgar/Insider Advantage | D+4.1 | 11.3 | ✓ |
Polls (21)
| Pollster | Date | n | Poll | Miss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Co. | 2025-11-03 | 450 | D+17.0 | 2 |
| Quantus Insights | 2025-11-03 | 1201 | D+8.7 | 7 |
| InsiderAdvantage | 2025-11-03 | 800 | D+10.2 | 5 |
| Trafalgar Group | 2025-11-02 | 1057 | D+6.5 | 9 |
| Emerson College | 2025-10-31 | 880 | D+11.2 | 4 |
| Echelon Insights | 2025-10-30 | 606 | D+12.0 | 3 |
| Trafalgar/Insider Advantage | 2025-10-28 | 800 | D+4.1 | 11 |
| AtlasIntel | 2025-10-28 | 1325 | D+9.0 | 6 |
| Roanoke College | 2025-10-25 | 1041 | D+10.0 | 5 |
| A2 Insights | 2025-10-25 | 776 | D+8.1 | 7 |
| YouGov | 2025-10-23 | 1162 | D+15.0 | 0 |
| Christopher Newport University | 2025-10-22 | 803 | D+7.0 | 8 |
| Suffolk University | 2025-10-20 | 500 | D+8.6 | 7 |
| Quantus Insights | 2025-10-20 | 1302 | D+5.0 | 10 |
| State Navigate | 2025-10-19 | 689 | D+13.0 | 2 |
| The Washington Post/George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government | 2025-10-18 | 927 | D+12.0 | 3 |
| Gravis Marketing/Kaplan Strategies | 2025-10-17 | 556 | D+10.0 | 5 |
| State Navigate | 2025-10-17 | 614 | D+13.0 | 2 |
| Clarity Campaign Labs | 2025-10-16 | 958 | D+10.0 | 5 |
| co/efficient | 2025-10-16 | 937 | D+5.0 | 10 |
| Trafalgar/Insider Advantage | 2025-10-14 | 1039 | D+2.2 | 13 |