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past elections

South Carolina President

John McCain (D) vs George W. Bush (R)

Actual result
R+16.0
Final polls said
R+14.0
2 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
Winner
Rep

"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
1Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyR+15.01.0
2SurveyUSAR+13.03.0
3American Research GroupR+11.05.0

Polls (4)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2000-10-29625R+15.01
SurveyUSA2000-10-22500R+13.03
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2000-09-29625R+13.03
American Research Group2000-09-13600R+11.05