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past elections

Pennsylvania Governor

Ed Rendell (D) vs Mike Fisher (R)

Actual result
D+9.0
Final polls said
D+18.2
6 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
1Muhlenberg College Institute of Public OpinionD+11.02.0
2Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyD+17.08.0
3West Chester UniversityD+17.08.0
4SurveyUSAD+19.010.0
5Millersville University Center for Politics and Public AffairsD+19.010.0
6Quinnipiac UniversityD+19.010.0

Polls (16)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2002-10-30805D+17.08
SurveyUSA2002-10-28668D+19.010
West Chester University2002-10-26472D+17.08
Millersville University Center for Politics and Public Affairs2002-10-26483D+19.010
Quinnipiac University2002-10-24636D+19.010
SurveyUSA2002-10-20668D+18.09
SurveyUSA2002-10-14668D+21.012
Quinnipiac University2002-10-12636D+20.011
West Chester University2002-10-11472D+18.09
SurveyUSA2002-10-06668D+21.012
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2002-10-02805D+14.05
SurveyUSA2002-09-30668D+23.014
Millersville University Center for Politics and Public Affairs2002-09-28483D+17.08
Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion2002-09-21352D+11.02
Quinnipiac University2002-09-131279D+7.02
SurveyUSA2002-09-09668D+13.04