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past elections

Vermont Governor

Howard Dean (D) vs Ruth Dwyer (R)

Actual result
D+12.5
Final polls said
D+8.0
2 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+9.03.5
2Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+7.05.5

Polls (2)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2000-10-261000D+7.06
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2000-10-19628D+9.04