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past elections

Washington Governor

Gary Locke (D) vs John Carlson (R)

Actual result
D+18.7
Final polls said
D+19.3
4 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
1SurveyUSAD+15.03.7
2EMC ResearchD+24.05.3
3Harris Insights & AnalyticsD+13.05.7
4Elway ResearchD+25.06.3

Polls (7)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-11-036545D+13.06
SurveyUSA2000-10-31500D+15.04
EMC Research2000-10-21500D+24.05
Elway Research2000-10-19400D+25.06
SurveyUSA2000-10-01500D+22.03
SurveyUSA2000-09-20500D+18.01
Elway Research2000-09-19400D+26.07