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past elections

Texas President

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

Actual result
R+21.3
Final polls said
R+28.0
4 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
1Harris Insights & AnalyticsR+18.03.3
2American Research GroupR+28.06.7
3Scripps HowardR+30.08.7
4Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyR+34.012.7

Polls (6)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Scripps Howard2000-11-03800R+30.09
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-11-0317936R+18.03
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2000-11-02625R+34.013
Scripps Howard2000-10-201000R+30.09
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-09-133631R+14.07
American Research Group2000-09-13600R+28.07