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past elections

Missouri Governor

Robert Lee Holden, Jr. (D) vs Jim Talent (R)

Actual result
D+0.9
Final polls said
R+0.1
8 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
1Zogby AnalyticsD+1.00.1
2Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyD+2.01.1
3Harris Insights & AnalyticsR+2.02.9
4Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+2.02.9

Polls (8)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Zogby Analytics2000-11-05597D+1.00
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-11-035830R+2.03
Zogby Analytics2000-11-02600D+1.00
Zogby Analytics2000-10-30600R+4.05
Zogby Analytics2000-10-27600D+2.01
Zogby Analytics2000-10-24603D+1.00
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2000-10-231072R+2.03
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2000-10-23625D+2.01