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past elections

Wisconsin Governor

Ed Garvey (D) vs Tommy Thompson (R)

Actual result
R+21.0
Final polls said
R+32.5
2 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
1University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Institute for Survey and Policy ResearchR+24.03.0
2St. Norbert College Strategic Research InstituteR+35.014.0
3Market Shares Corp.R+41.020.0

Polls (4)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Market Shares Corp.1998-10-23600R+41.020
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Institute for Survey and Policy Research1998-10-15269R+24.03
St. Norbert College Strategic Research Institute1998-10-14415R+35.014
St. Norbert College Strategic Research Institute1998-10-01417R+38.017