How did the pollsters do? Mason Dixon/ Ras--Best, Zogby--worse

[WI_DEM]

Mason Dixon had an average error rate of 3.4% out of 14 races polled.
Rasmussen had an average error rate of 3.8% out of 30 races polled.
Survey USA had an average error of 4.4% out of 18 races polled.
Zogby had an average error rate of 8.3% and on six races was off by more than 15-points.

www.dailykos.com
(you'll have to scroll down a bit)

Those interactive polls are crap.

[bullimiami]

1. that really deserves some analysis and comparison with exit

polls.

someone was off either in results or in their methods and im not sure who.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. He Would Have Been Better Off Just Making The Numbers Up

Zogby had an average error rate of 8.3% and on six races was off by more than 15-points.

[rinsd]

3. Wow for all the shit Ras gets, this is the third election in a row where he did well

[WI_DEM]

5. It's true and he's the one I usually look at the most

[Brazenly Liberal]

6. It's a red company, but I believe their polling is actually pretty fair and accurate

They tend to be a bit conservative - not politically, but rather conservative in terms of keeping things in the "undecided" column longer than others. I don't see any trend to so more for either party, though. I think it's all numbers and I don't think they massage them.

[skipos]

4. Pre-election polls in 2006 & 2004 were prett consistent with proclaimed results. nt