Races · Senate · 2020 · VA
Senate · class II · open seat

Mark Warner vs Daniel Gade

Tossup · 16 polls · 0 markets Last poll 2016d ago Rating 1d ago
Caution · early warning
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Tossup

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Polling average

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Method:Weighted, plus each pollster's measured bias subtracted before averaging.
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All polls · 16 results

16 of 16 polls
EndPollsterWeightLeanSampleMoEPopTrust signalsResultsSource
11/1/2020Swayable0.49L(D+7.7)283LV
historical bias D+7.7ptweight 0.49+4
  • historical bias D+7.7pt
    Across 15 historical scored polls the average error vs. actual margin is D+7.7pt — a measurable house effect.
  • weight 0.49
    Aggregation weight is 0.49 (1.0 ≈ average). Weight combines historical accuracy, methodology, and recency.
  • n=283
    Sample size of 283 respondents implies a margin of error around ±5.8pt — wider than typical.
  • 2016d old
    Poll was fielded 2016 days ago. Older polls reflect an earlier state of the race and are weighted down in the rolling average.
  • ✓ verified 5d ago
    auto-checked on 5/4/2026. Deterministic checks confirmed bounds + structure (percentages in [0,100], totals plausibly close to 100%, dates ordered). Source page itself was not re-fetched.
  • likely-voter screen
    Likely-voter screen — pollster filters respondents by reported turnout intent. Generally tighter for predicting elections than registered- or adult-population polls.
Mark Warner 61.0 · Daniel Gade 39.0pollarch
11/1/2020Data for Progress1.00(D+1.0)690LV
2016d oldhigh variance vs editorial consensus+3
  • 2016d old
    Poll was fielded 2016 days ago. Older polls reflect an earlier state of the race and are weighted down in the rolling average.
  • high variance vs editorial consensus
    Stdev of (poll − rater consensus) across 127 historical paired polls exceeds 8pt — this pollster's results swing widely relative to where the editors place the same races.
  • ✓ verified 5d ago
    auto-checked on 5/4/2026. Deterministic checks confirmed bounds + structure (percentages in [0,100], totals plausibly close to 100%, dates ordered). Source page itself was not re-fetched.
  • likely-voter screen
    Likely-voter screen — pollster filters respondents by reported turnout intent. Generally tighter for predicting elections than registered- or adult-population polls.
  • accurate · bias D+1.0pt
    Across 50 historical scored polls this pollster's average error vs. actual margin is D+1.0pt — within ±1pt.
Mark Warner 57.0 · Daniel Gade 42.0pollarch
10/29/2020Roanoke College1.00(R+1.6)802LV
3 scored polls2019d old+2
  • 3 scored polls
    Pollster has only 3 historical polls with a known outcome to score against — too few for stable accuracy estimates.
  • 2019d old
    Poll was fielded 2019 days ago. Older polls reflect an earlier state of the race and are weighted down in the rolling average.
  • ✓ verified 5d ago
    auto-checked on 5/4/2026. Deterministic checks confirmed bounds + structure (percentages in [0,100], totals plausibly close to 100%, dates ordered). Source page itself was not re-fetched.
  • likely-voter screen
    Likely-voter screen — pollster filters respondents by reported turnout intent. Generally tighter for predicting elections than registered- or adult-population polls.
Mark Warner 55.0 · Daniel Gade 39.0pollarch
10/27/2020Christopher Newport University1.00908LV
no scored polls2021d old+2
  • no scored polls
    Pollster has no historical polls with a known outcome in our database, so accuracy and bias cannot be measured.
  • 2021d old
    Poll was fielded 2021 days ago. Older polls reflect an earlier state of the race and are weighted down in the rolling average.
  • ✓ verified 5d ago
    auto-checked on 5/4/2026. Deterministic checks confirmed bounds + structure (percentages in [0,100], totals plausibly close to 100%, dates ordered). Source page itself was not re-fetched.
  • likely-voter screen
    Likely-voter screen — pollster filters respondents by reported turnout intent. Generally tighter for predicting elections than registered- or adult-population polls.
Mark Warner 57.0 · Daniel Gade 37.0pollarch
10/26/2020Swayable0.49L(D+7.7)332LV
historical bias D+7.7ptweight 0.49+4
  • historical bias D+7.7pt
    Across 15 historical scored polls the average error vs. actual margin is D+7.7pt — a measurable house effect.
  • weight 0.49
    Aggregation weight is 0.49 (1.0 ≈ average). Weight combines historical accuracy, methodology, and recency.
  • n=332
    Sample size of 332 respondents implies a margin of error around ±5.4pt — wider than typical.
  • 2022d old
    Poll was fielded 2022 days ago. Older polls reflect an earlier state of the race and are weighted down in the rolling average.
  • ✓ verified 5d ago
    auto-checked on 5/4/2026. Deterministic checks confirmed bounds + structure (percentages in [0,100], totals plausibly close to 100%, dates ordered). Source page itself was not re-fetched.
  • likely-voter screen
    Likely-voter screen — pollster filters respondents by reported turnout intent. Generally tighter for predicting elections than registered- or adult-population polls.
Mark Warner 60.0 · Daniel Gade 40.0pollarch
10/22/2020Virginia Commonwealth University1.00709LV
no scored polls2026d old+2
  • no scored polls
    Pollster has no historical polls with a known outcome in our database, so accuracy and bias cannot be measured.
  • 2026d old
    Poll was fielded 2026 days ago. Older polls reflect an earlier state of the race and are weighted down in the rolling average.
  • ✓ verified 5d ago
    auto-checked on 5/4/2026. Deterministic checks confirmed bounds + structure (percentages in [0,100], totals plausibly close to 100%, dates ordered). Source page itself was not re-fetched.
  • likely-voter screen
    Likely-voter screen — pollster filters respondents by reported turnout intent. Generally tighter for predicting elections than registered- or adult-population polls.
Mark Warner 55.0 · Daniel Gade 38.0pollarch
10/19/2020Schar School/Washington Post1.00908LV
no scored polls2029d old+3
  • no scored polls
    Pollster has no historical polls with a known outcome in our database, so accuracy and bias cannot be measured.
  • 2029d old
    Poll was fielded 2029 days ago. Older polls reflect an earlier state of the race and are weighted down in the rolling average.
  • ✓ verified 5d ago
    auto-checked on 5/4/2026. Deterministic checks confirmed bounds + structure (percentages in [0,100], totals plausibly close to 100%, dates ordered). Source page itself was not re-fetched.
  • likely-voter screen
    Likely-voter screen — pollster filters respondents by reported turnout intent. Generally tighter for predicting elections than registered- or adult-population polls.
  • newspaper-sponsored: The Washington Post
    Commissioned by The Washington Post, an independent media or academic sponsor. Independent sponsorship doesn't guarantee accuracy but rules out direct campaign funding.
Mark Warner 57.0 · Daniel Gade 39.0pollarch
10/14/2020Civiqs/Daily Kos0.91L(D+4.0)1231LV
2034d old✓ verified 5d ago+1
  • 2034d old
    Poll was fielded 2034 days ago. Older polls reflect an earlier state of the race and are weighted down in the rolling average.
  • ✓ verified 5d ago
    auto-checked on 5/4/2026. Deterministic checks confirmed bounds + structure (percentages in [0,100], totals plausibly close to 100%, dates ordered). Source page itself was not re-fetched.
  • likely-voter screen
    Likely-voter screen — pollster filters respondents by reported turnout intent. Generally tighter for predicting elections than registered- or adult-population polls.
Mark Warner 54.0 · Daniel Gade 43.0pollarch
10/12/2020Reconnect Research/Roanoke College1.00602LV
no scored polls2036d old+2
  • no scored polls
    Pollster has no historical polls with a known outcome in our database, so accuracy and bias cannot be measured.
  • 2036d old
    Poll was fielded 2036 days ago. Older polls reflect an earlier state of the race and are weighted down in the rolling average.
  • ✓ verified 5d ago
    auto-checked on 5/4/2026. Deterministic checks confirmed bounds + structure (percentages in [0,100], totals plausibly close to 100%, dates ordered). Source page itself was not re-fetched.
  • likely-voter screen
    Likely-voter screen — pollster filters respondents by reported turnout intent. Generally tighter for predicting elections than registered- or adult-population polls.
Mark Warner 55.0 · Daniel Gade 38.0pollarch
10/12/2020Roanoke College/Reconnect Research1.00602LV
no scored polls2036d old+2
  • no scored polls
    Pollster has no historical polls with a known outcome in our database, so accuracy and bias cannot be measured.
  • 2036d old
    Poll was fielded 2036 days ago. Older polls reflect an earlier state of the race and are weighted down in the rolling average.
  • ✓ verified 5d ago
    auto-checked on 5/4/2026. Deterministic checks confirmed bounds + structure (percentages in [0,100], totals plausibly close to 100%, dates ordered). Source page itself was not re-fetched.
  • likely-voter screen
    Likely-voter screen — pollster filters respondents by reported turnout intent. Generally tighter for predicting elections than registered- or adult-population polls.
Mark Warner 55.0 · Daniel Gade 38.0pollarch
10/11/2020Cygnal1.04R(D+1.8)607LV
2037d old✓ verified 5d ago+2
  • 2037d old
    Poll was fielded 2037 days ago. Older polls reflect an earlier state of the race and are weighted down in the rolling average.
  • ✓ verified 5d ago
    auto-checked on 5/4/2026. Deterministic checks confirmed bounds + structure (percentages in [0,100], totals plausibly close to 100%, dates ordered). Source page itself was not re-fetched.
  • likely-voter screen
    Likely-voter screen — pollster filters respondents by reported turnout intent. Generally tighter for predicting elections than registered- or adult-population polls.
  • tracks editorial consensus
    Across 72 historical paired polls, this pollster's D-margins track the rater consensus (Cook / Sabato / IE / 538 / DDHQ etc.) with high correlation (r ≥ 0.85) and small mean delta (|Δ| ≤ 2pt). Their results align with conventional wisdom.
Mark Warner 51.0 · Daniel Gade 44.0pollarch
9/25/2020Cygnal1.04R(D+1.8)600LV
2053d old✓ verified 5d ago+2
  • 2053d old
    Poll was fielded 2053 days ago. Older polls reflect an earlier state of the race and are weighted down in the rolling average.
  • ✓ verified 5d ago
    auto-checked on 5/4/2026. Deterministic checks confirmed bounds + structure (percentages in [0,100], totals plausibly close to 100%, dates ordered). Source page itself was not re-fetched.
  • likely-voter screen
    Likely-voter screen — pollster filters respondents by reported turnout intent. Generally tighter for predicting elections than registered- or adult-population polls.
  • tracks editorial consensus
    Across 72 historical paired polls, this pollster's D-margins track the rater consensus (Cook / Sabato / IE / 538 / DDHQ etc.) with high correlation (r ≥ 0.85) and small mean delta (|Δ| ≤ 2pt). Their results align with conventional wisdom.
Mark Warner 51.0 · Daniel Gade 41.0pollarch
9/21/2020Christopher Newport University1.00796LV
no scored polls2057d old+2
  • no scored polls
    Pollster has no historical polls with a known outcome in our database, so accuracy and bias cannot be measured.
  • 2057d old
    Poll was fielded 2057 days ago. Older polls reflect an earlier state of the race and are weighted down in the rolling average.
  • ✓ verified 5d ago
    auto-checked on 5/4/2026. Deterministic checks confirmed bounds + structure (percentages in [0,100], totals plausibly close to 100%, dates ordered). Source page itself was not re-fetched.
  • likely-voter screen
    Likely-voter screen — pollster filters respondents by reported turnout intent. Generally tighter for predicting elections than registered- or adult-population polls.
Mark Warner 52.0 · Daniel Gade 39.0pollarch
9/7/2020Virginia Commonwealth University1.00692LV
no scored polls2071d old+2
  • no scored polls
    Pollster has no historical polls with a known outcome in our database, so accuracy and bias cannot be measured.
  • 2071d old
    Poll was fielded 2071 days ago. Older polls reflect an earlier state of the race and are weighted down in the rolling average.
  • ✓ verified 5d ago
    auto-checked on 5/4/2026. Deterministic checks confirmed bounds + structure (percentages in [0,100], totals plausibly close to 100%, dates ordered). Source page itself was not re-fetched.
  • likely-voter screen
    Likely-voter screen — pollster filters respondents by reported turnout intent. Generally tighter for predicting elections than registered- or adult-population polls.
Mark Warner 55.0 · Daniel Gade 38.0pollarch
8/22/2020Roanoke College1.00(R+1.6)566LV
3 scored polls2087d old+2
  • 3 scored polls
    Pollster has only 3 historical polls with a known outcome to score against — too few for stable accuracy estimates.
  • 2087d old
    Poll was fielded 2087 days ago. Older polls reflect an earlier state of the race and are weighted down in the rolling average.
  • ✓ verified 5d ago
    auto-checked on 5/4/2026. Deterministic checks confirmed bounds + structure (percentages in [0,100], totals plausibly close to 100%, dates ordered). Source page itself was not re-fetched.
  • likely-voter screen
    Likely-voter screen — pollster filters respondents by reported turnout intent. Generally tighter for predicting elections than registered- or adult-population polls.
Mark Warner 55.0 · Daniel Gade 34.0pollarch
5/16/2020Roanoke College1.00(R+1.6)563LV
3 scored polls2185d old+2
  • 3 scored polls
    Pollster has only 3 historical polls with a known outcome to score against — too few for stable accuracy estimates.
  • 2185d old
    Poll was fielded 2185 days ago. Older polls reflect an earlier state of the race and are weighted down in the rolling average.
  • ✓ verified 5d ago
    auto-checked on 5/4/2026. Deterministic checks confirmed bounds + structure (percentages in [0,100], totals plausibly close to 100%, dates ordered). Source page itself was not re-fetched.
  • likely-voter screen
    Likely-voter screen — pollster filters respondents by reported turnout intent. Generally tighter for predicting elections than registered- or adult-population polls.
Mark Warner 48.0pollarch

Trust signals are deterministic flags computed from the pollster scorecard (track-record size, historical bias, aggregation weight) and the poll itself (sample size, population, age, citation availability). No interpretation; click any row to see the cited numbers behind each flag.

Endorsements

Source · Wikipedia · 17 total
Daniel Gade (R)
17 endorsements · source
Elected officials (2)
  • Don Bolduc — brigadier general and 2020 candidate for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire [ 24 ]
  • Morton Blackwell — Virginia representative to the Republican National Committee [ 24 ]
Other (15)
  • 40 — 50%
  • 50 — 60%
  • 60 — 70%
  • 70 — 80%
  • 80 — 90%
  • 90 — 100%
  • Bill Carrico — former ( 40 ) [ 24 ]
  • E. W. Jackson — pastor and conservative activist [ 24 ]
  • Elise Stefanik — (NY-21) [ 25 ]
  • Jill Vogel — ( 27 ) [ 25 ]
  • Randy Forbes — former (VA-04) [ 25 ]
  • Richard Stuart — ( 28 ) [ 26 ]
  • Scott Rigell — former (VA-02) [ 24 ]
  • Terry Kilgore — ( 1 ) [ 26 ]
  • Wendell Walker — ( 23 ) [ 24 ]

Money in this race

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · last filing 2020-11-20
Total IE spending
$300K
For candidates
$88K
Against candidates
$212K
Latest filing: 11/20/2020
Source: FEC Schedule E
$10K for · $212K against
Cash on hand
$388K
Total raised (cycle)
$13.2M
Total spent
$15.9M
Debts
$0
Source: FEC
$78K for · $93 against
Cash on hand
$8K
Total raised (cycle)
$4.9M
Total spent
$4.9M
Debts
$0
Source: FEC

Independent expenditures from FEC Schedule E. "For" = pro-candidate ads / mail / digital. "Against" = anti-candidate. Excludes candidate-committee spending and state-level filings (governor races aren't covered here — they file with state agencies).

Editorial ratings · poll-vs-rater

5 raters
Rater Rating Updated Poll D-marg. Rater marg. Δ poll−rater
The Cook Political Report Safe D Oct 29 +18.0
DDHQ Safe D Nov 3 +18.0
538 Safe D Nov 2 +18.0
Inside Elections Safe D Oct 28 +18.0
Sabato's Crystal Ball Safe D Nov 2 +18.0

Δ POLL−RATER = polling-consensus margin minus the rater's implied bucket midpoint. Positive = polls more D than rater; negative = rater more D than polls. |Δ| < 0.6 well-aligned · 0.6–1.5 mild divergence · ≥1.5 contested call.

last poll 67 months ago (11/1/2020) last market quote rating computed 1 day ago
Rating history (5 changes)
  • 5/3/2026 Tossup via pvi held 2014d
  • 10/27/2020 Safe D D+15.7 via polls held 14d
  • 10/13/2020 Likely D D+14.6 via polls held 39d
  • 9/4/2020 Safe D D+21.0 via polls held 60d
  • 7/6/2020 Tossup via pvi