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past elections

Maine President

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

Actual result
D+5.1
Final polls said
D+4.0
6 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+8.02.9
2Myers Research & Strategic ServicesD+8.02.9
3Market Decisions ResearchD+1.04.1
4RKM Research and Communications Inc.EVEN5.1
5Pan Atlantic ResearchD+11.05.9
6Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+4.09.1
7American Research GroupD+15.09.9
8Digital ResearchR+5.010.1

Polls (10)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-11-031485D+8.03
RKM Research and Communications Inc.2000-10-29602EVEN5
Market Decisions Research2000-10-24824D+1.04
Myers Research & Strategic Services2000-10-22400D+8.03
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2000-10-221548R+4.09
Pan Atlantic Research2000-10-22400D+11.06
Digital Research2000-10-14404R+5.010
Myers Research & Strategic Services2000-09-16400D+10.05
American Research Group2000-09-13600D+15.010
RKM Research and Communications Inc.2000-09-10418D+11.06