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past elections

Utah Governor

Bill Orton (D) vs Michael Leavitt (R)

Actual result
R+13.5
Final polls said
R+16.0
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
1Harris Insights & AnalyticsR+14.00.5
2Dan Jones & AssociatesR+15.01.5
3Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+18.04.5

Polls (5)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-11-031643R+14.01
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2000-10-24918R+18.05
Dan Jones & Associates2000-10-11914R+15.02
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2000-09-27708R+19.06
Dan Jones & Associates2000-09-11914R+16.03