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past elections

Iowa President

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

Actual result
D+0.3
Final polls said
D+0.2
5 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
1SurveyUSAEVEN0.3
2Selzer & Co.D+2.01.7
3PSIR+3.03.3
4Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+4.04.3
5Harris Insights & AnalyticsD+6.05.7
6American Research GroupD+7.06.7

Polls (8)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-11-032478D+6.06
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2000-11-021000R+4.04
Selzer & Co.2000-11-01805D+2.02
PSI2000-10-31500R+3.03
SurveyUSA2000-10-29500EVEN0
PSI2000-09-25400D+2.02
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-09-13694D+7.07
American Research Group2000-09-13600D+7.07