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past elections

Illinois President

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

Actual result
D+12.0
Final polls said
D+5.1
12 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
1Market Shares Corp.D+10.02.0
2American Research GroupD+10.02.0
3EPIC-MRAD+15.03.0
4Zogby AnalyticsD+7.05.0
5Harris Insights & AnalyticsD+6.06.0
6Richard Day ResearchD+5.07.0
7Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+4.08.0
8Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyD+3.09.0
9KRC ResearchD+2.010.0
10Victory ResearchD+1.011.0
11Opinion DynamicsR+3.015.0

Polls (20)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Zogby Analytics2000-11-05584D+7.05
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-11-038957D+6.06
Zogby Analytics2000-11-02600D+9.03
Zogby Analytics2000-10-30600D+4.08
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2000-10-29625D+3.09
Zogby Analytics2000-10-27600D+7.05
Zogby Analytics2000-10-27600D+7.05
Opinion Dynamics2000-10-25600R+3.015
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2000-10-23880D+4.08
Richard Day Research2000-10-23801D+5.07
Market Shares Corp.2000-10-22899D+10.02
KRC Research2000-10-16600D+2.010
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2000-10-13622D+5.07
Market Shares Corp.2000-10-08900D+8.04
Victory Research2000-10-08800D+1.011
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2000-09-20625D+5.07
Market Shares Corp.2000-09-14703D+12.00
American Research Group2000-09-13600D+10.02
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-09-131555D+11.01
EPIC-MRA2000-09-10400D+15.03