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past elections

Minnesota President

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

Actual result
D+2.4
Final polls said
D+2.0
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+3.00.6
2Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyD+3.00.6
3St. Cloud State UniversityR+3.05.4
4American Research GroupD+8.05.6
5Minneapolis Star TribuneD+10.07.6

Polls (9)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-11-033796D+3.01
Minneapolis Star Tribune2000-11-021015D+10.08
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2000-10-26625D+3.01
St. Cloud State University2000-10-19514R+3.05
Minneapolis Star Tribune2000-10-16814R+3.05
Minneapolis Star Tribune2000-09-25833D+6.04
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2000-09-24627D+7.05
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-09-131071D+10.08
American Research Group2000-09-13600D+8.06