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past elections

Hawaii Governor

Mazie Hirono (D) vs Linda Lingle (R)

Actual result
R+4.5
Final polls said
R+1.7
3 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
1Ward ResearchR+1.03.5
2Market Trends PacificEVEN4.5

Polls (4)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Ward Research2002-10-28750R+1.04
Ward Research2002-10-21750R+4.01
Market Trends Pacific2002-10-21600EVEN5
Ward Research2002-09-25750R+8.03