With winners now called in every contested race this year—we were waiting on the results in California’s 49th Congressional District, the last 2016 race to be decided—we’re finally ready to announce the winner of the 2016 Daily Kos Elections prediction contest, which was graciously sponsored by Green’s Babka: zachccohen! Out of a maximum possible 31 points, Zach scored the highest at 26.
The top five were rounded out by jf7692a, pinhickdrew, Mannerheim39, and zwag, who scored 24 each and are listed here in order of their tiebreak scores. You can find the full results, including your guesses, here.
As you may recall, we asked you to pick the winners of all the contests we regarded as Tossups shortly before Election Day—six for Senate, six for governorships, and 19 for the House. You earned one point for each correct answer. The median score was 15. We also included a tiebreaker question for NY-22’s three-way House race that asked you to guess the actual vote totals for all three candidates. The closest guess on the tiebreaker came from askhastings, whose net error was just 3.5 points off the actual totals.
We received a whopping 1,183 entries from Daily Kos community members in total—by far the most of any Daily Kos Elections prediction contest to date! (Remember, if you entered more than once, only your final entry counted.) Thanks again to everyone who participated in this year's contest, and special thanks to our sponsor, Green’s Babka! We’ll be in touch with the winners. And congratulations, Zach!