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past elections

New Hampshire Governor

Mark Fernald (D) vs Craig Benson (R)

Actual result
R+20.4
Final polls said
R+15.7
9 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
1Becker InstituteR+20.00.4
2American Research GroupR+15.05.4
3University of New Hampshire Survey CenterR+14.06.4
4Franklin Pierce University Marlin Fitzwater Center for CommunicationR+8.012.4
5Bannon Communications ResearchR+8.012.4

Polls (13)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
American Research Group2002-11-02600R+15.05
University of New Hampshire Survey Center2002-11-01642R+14.06
Franklin Pierce University Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication2002-10-29933R+8.012
American Research Group2002-10-29600R+16.04
University of New Hampshire Survey Center2002-10-26651R+12.08
Becker Institute2002-10-22401R+20.00
American Research Group2002-10-21600R+19.01
Bannon Communications Research2002-10-20400R+8.012
American Research Group2002-10-15600R+29.09
University of New Hampshire Survey Center2002-10-05651R+16.04
American Research Group2002-10-01600R+29.09
Bannon Communications Research2002-09-20400EVEN20
American Research Group2002-09-16600R+25.05