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past elections

Alabama President

Al Gore (D) vs George W. Bush (R)

Actual result
R+7.5
Final polls said
R+18.8
4 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
1American Research GroupR+16.08.5
2Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyR+17.09.5
3Capital Survey Research CenterR+18.010.5
4University of South Alabama Polling GroupR+20.012.5

Polls (6)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2000-11-02625R+17.010
University of South Alabama Polling Group2000-11-01442R+20.013
Capital Survey Research Center2000-10-19580R+18.011
University of South Alabama Polling Group2000-10-18407R+20.013
Capital Survey Research Center2000-09-17510R+5.02
American Research Group2000-09-13600R+16.09