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past elections

New Jersey President

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

Actual result
D+15.8
Final polls said
D+8.6
10 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
1The New York TimesD+15.00.8
2Harris Insights & AnalyticsD+14.01.8
3Market Shares Corp.D+18.02.2
4Gannett New JerseyD+13.02.8
5Rutgers University Eagleton Center for Public Interest PollingD+12.03.8
6American Research GroupD+11.04.8
7Quinnipiac UniversityD+8.07.8
8Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+6.09.8
9SurveyUSAD+4.011.8

Polls (19)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2000-11-05637D+6.010
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-11-037217D+14.02
Quinnipiac University2000-11-03770D+8.08
Gannett New Jersey2000-11-03843D+13.03
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2000-10-30594D+6.010
Quinnipiac University2000-10-27709D+12.04
Gannett New Jersey2000-10-27575D+5.011
Rutgers University Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling2000-10-25432D+12.04
SurveyUSA2000-10-24500D+4.012
Quinnipiac University2000-10-20909D+6.010
The New York Times2000-10-14908D+15.01
Rutgers University Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling2000-10-14709D+8.08
Gannett New Jersey2000-10-13510D+14.02
SurveyUSA2000-10-11500D+8.08
Quinnipiac University2000-09-28820D+14.02
Market Shares Corp.2000-09-14500D+18.02
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-09-131344D+24.08
American Research Group2000-09-13600D+11.05
Rutgers University Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling2000-09-10670D+13.03