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past elections

Alabama Governor

Don Siegelman (D) vs Bob Riley (R)

Actual result
R+0.2
Final polls said
R+2.8
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
1North Star Opinion ResearchR+1.00.8
2Capital Survey Research CenterD+2.02.2
3University of South Alabama Polling GroupR+4.03.8
4University of Alabama at BirminghamR+8.07.8

Polls (6)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
University of Alabama at Birmingham2002-10-30600R+8.08
University of South Alabama Polling Group2002-10-23926R+4.04
Capital Survey Research Center2002-10-20593D+2.02
North Star Opinion Research2002-10-16900R+1.01
University of Alabama at Birmingham2002-09-11600R+2.02
University of Alabama at Birmingham2002-09-11666R+2.02