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past elections

Alabama Governor

Don Siegelman (D) vs Forrest H. 'Fob' James, Jr. (R)

Actual result
D+15.6
Final polls said
D+13.8
5 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
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

#PollsterFinal callMissCalled
1University of South Alabama Polling GroupD+16.00.4
2Southern Opinion ResearchD+8.07.6
3University of Alabama at BirminghamD+7.08.6
4Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyD+6.09.6

Polls (10)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Southern Opinion Research1998-10-30490D+8.08
University of South Alabama Polling Group1998-10-28820D+16.00
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy1998-10-25808D+6.010
Southern Opinion Research1998-10-22500D+25.09
University of South Alabama Polling Group1998-10-21820D+14.02
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy1998-10-11807D+5.011
University of Alabama at Birmingham1998-10-09401D+7.09
University of South Alabama Polling Group1998-10-06400D+12.04
Southern Opinion Research1998-10-02501D+13.03
Southern Opinion Research1998-09-04500D+4.012