VotePredictor
past elections

California President

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

Actual result
D+11.8
Final polls said
D+5.1
10 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
1FM3 ResearchD+13.01.2
2American Research GroupD+14.02.2
3Los Angeles TimesD+7.04.8
4Harris Insights & AnalyticsD+6.05.8
5SurveyUSAD+6.05.8
6Field Research Corp. (Field Poll)D+5.06.8
7Public Policy Institute of CaliforniaD+5.06.8
8Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+3.08.8
9Zogby AnalyticsEVEN11.8

Polls (18)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Zogby Analytics2000-11-05596EVEN12
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-11-0325017D+6.06
Field Research Corp. (Field Poll)2000-11-03924D+5.07
Zogby Analytics2000-11-02600D+8.04
SurveyUSA2000-10-31530D+6.06
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2000-10-291536D+3.09
Field Research Corp. (Field Poll)2000-10-29990D+7.05
SurveyUSA2000-10-24530D+4.08
Los Angeles Times2000-10-21852D+7.05
Public Policy Institute of California2000-10-151096D+5.07
SurveyUSA2000-10-10500D+8.04
Zogby Analytics2000-10-07805D+6.06
Field Research Corp. (Field Poll)2000-10-031018D+13.01
SurveyUSA2000-09-26500D+13.01
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-09-135242D+9.03
American Research Group2000-09-13600D+14.02
Public Policy Institute of California2000-09-081099D+9.03
FM3 Research2000-09-07800D+13.01