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Loras College

Loras College has 9 polls in our database and is rated on 17 past polls scored against results (2014–2016).

Rated polls

17

2014–2016

Average miss

6.5

All pollsters: 6.8

Lean

R+0.5

Against other polls of the same races

Picked winner

71%

Of rated polls

Last poll

Nov 3, 2016

2016 United States Senate election in Iowa (2016)

Every rated poll against the result

Each dot is one poll from the last three weeks of a race: how far its margin landed from the result. Above the line it overstated Democrats; below, Republicans. Bars show each cycle’s average lean.

  • Poll
  • Cycle average
D+6.4D+3.7

17 rated polls; misses beyond 15 points are drawn at the edge. Source: 99chambers pollster ratings and polls databaseUpdated Oct 22, 2026, 3:55 AM ET

By type of race

Race typeRated pollsAvg. missAll pollstersLeanPicked winner
Senate76.75.5D+3.757%
House66.46.8D+6.4100%
President37.84.4D+5.033%
Governor10.85.7R+0.8100%

Avg. miss: green where it beats all pollsters’ average for that type. Source: 99chambers pollster ratings and polls databaseUpdated Oct 22, 2026, 3:55 AM ET

Among all pollsters

Average miss of every rated pollster, in points. Loras College is marked; darker bars are pollsters with a smaller miss.

Source: 99chambers pollster ratings and polls databaseUpdated Oct 22, 2026, 3:55 AM ET

DatesQuestionSampleResultMarginvs resultSource
Nov 1–3, 20162016 United States Senate election in Iowa (2016)500 VJudge 37 · Grassley 53R+16—Release
Oct 31–Nov 1, 20162016 United States Senate election in Wisconsin (2016)500 VFeingold 47 · Johnson 45D+2—Release
Oct 26–27, 20162016 United States Senate election in Illinois (2016)600 VDuckworth 42 · Kirk 34D+8—Release
Oct 4–5, 20162016 United States Senate election in Wisconsin (2016)500 VFeingold 40 · Johnson 45R+5—Release
Sep 20–22, 20162016 United States Senate election in Iowa (2016)491 VJudge 37 · Grassley 54R+17—Release
Sep 20–22, 20162016 Iowa's 1st congressional district election (2016)368 VVernon 38 · Blum 45R+7—Release
Sep 13–16, 20162016 United States Senate election in Illinois (2016)600 VDuckworth 41 · Kirk 36D+5—Release
Jun 24–28, 20162016 United States Senate election in Iowa (2016)600 VJudge 45 · Grassley 46R+1—Release
Mar 28–29, 20162016 United States Senate election in Wisconsin (2016)1,000 VFeingold 48 · Johnson 39D+9—Release

Latest poll ended Nov 3, 2016. Source: each poll’s own release, via the 99chambers polls database

Who it polls for

Sponsors of its polls since 2016, by share of polls.

No sponsor named100%

No polls for candidates or party committees on file.

Source: 99chambers pollster ratings and polls databaseUpdated Oct 22, 2026, 3:55 AM ET