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past elections

Maryland President

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

Actual result
D+16.3
Final polls said
D+11.4
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
1Harris Insights & AnalyticsD+17.00.7
2Gonzales Research & Marketing Strategies Inc.D+14.02.3
3American Research GroupD+19.02.7
4SurveyUSAD+11.05.3
5Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyD+8.08.3
6Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+7.09.3

Polls (9)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-11-035230D+17.01
Gonzales Research & Marketing Strategies Inc.2000-10-26627D+14.02
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2000-10-26696D+7.09
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2000-10-25625D+8.08
SurveyUSA2000-10-21500D+11.05
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2000-10-07621D+11.05
SurveyUSA2000-09-30500D+12.04
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-09-131039D+17.01
American Research Group2000-09-13600D+19.03