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past elections

North Carolina Governor

Mike Easley (D) vs Richard Vinroot (R)

Actual result
D+5.8
Final polls said
D+4.2
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
1Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyD+7.01.2
2Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+2.03.8
3Harris Insights & AnalyticsD+10.04.2
4SurveyUSAD+1.04.8

Polls (7)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2000-11-04500D+1.05
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-11-036696D+10.04
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2000-11-011163D+2.04
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2000-10-29625D+7.01
SurveyUSA2000-10-28500D+1.05
SurveyUSA2000-10-07500D+5.01
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2000-10-07625D+13.07