VotePredictor
past elections

Washington President

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

Actual result
D+5.6
Final polls said
D+3.0
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
1EMC ResearchD+6.00.4
2Zogby AnalyticsD+7.01.4
3Elway ResearchD+9.03.4
4SurveyUSAD+2.03.6
5American Research GroupD+2.03.6
6Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+1.06.6
7Harris Insights & AnalyticsR+1.06.6

Polls (17)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2000-11-05909R+1.07
Zogby Analytics2000-11-05504D+7.01
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-11-036549R+1.07
Zogby Analytics2000-11-02500D+3.03
SurveyUSA2000-10-31500D+2.04
Zogby Analytics2000-10-30500D+2.04
Zogby Analytics2000-10-27500D+3.03
EMC Research2000-10-21500D+6.00
Elway Research2000-10-19400D+9.03
SurveyUSA2000-10-15500EVEN6
American Research Group2000-10-14600D+2.04
SurveyUSA2000-10-01500D+4.02
Elway Research2000-09-23400D+7.01
SurveyUSA2000-09-20500D+2.04
Harris Insights & Analytics2000-09-131688D+2.04
American Research Group2000-09-13600D+8.02
EMC Research2000-09-11500D+4.02