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past elections

Michigan Governor

Geoffrey Fieger (D) vs John Engler (R)

Actual result
R+24.4
Final polls said
R+23.7
3 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
Winner
Rep

"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
1Harris Insights & AnalyticsR+24.00.4
2Mitchell Research & CommunicationsR+32.07.6
3EPIC-MRAR+32.07.6

Polls (6)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Harris Insights & Analytics1998-10-301855R+24.00
Mitchell Research & Communications1998-10-21600R+32.08
Harris Insights & Analytics1998-10-201535R+15.09
EPIC-MRA1998-09-30600R+32.08
Mitchell Research & Communications1998-09-22400R+37.013
Mitchell Research & Communications1998-09-12400R+39.015