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past elections

Colorado Governor

Rollie Heath (D) vs William F. Owens (R)

Actual result
R+29.0
Final polls said
R+31.3
8 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
1GallupR+30.01.0
2Zogby AnalyticsR+32.03.0
3Drake Research & Strategy, Inc.R+24.05.0
4Ciruli AssociatesR+36.07.0

Polls (12)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Gallup2002-11-01619R+30.01
Zogby Analytics2002-11-01500R+32.03
Ciruli Associates2002-10-31400R+36.07
Drake Research & Strategy, Inc.2002-10-30500R+24.05
Ciruli Associates2002-10-27400R+36.07
Drake Research & Strategy, Inc.2002-10-24500R+27.02
Ciruli Associates2002-10-22400R+37.08
Ciruli Associates2002-10-21666R+28.01
Ciruli Associates2002-10-11500R+43.014
Zogby Analytics2002-10-10500R+42.013
Drake Research & Strategy, Inc.2002-10-06500R+28.01
Zogby Analytics2002-09-17500R+38.09