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past elections

Tennessee Governor

Phil Bredesen (D) vs Van Hilleary (R)

Actual result
D+3.0
Final polls said
D+3.4
5 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
1Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyD+3.00.0
2SurveyUSAD+4.01.0
3OnMessage Inc.D+0.62.4
4Mellman GroupD+6.03.0
5University of TennesseeEVEN3.0
6Garin-Hart-Yang Research GroupD+8.05.0
7Ethridge & Associates LLCR+2.05.0

Polls (12)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2002-10-27726D+4.01
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2002-10-22625D+3.00
Ethridge & Associates LLC2002-10-20819R+2.05
SurveyUSA2002-10-20726D+6.03
Mellman Group2002-10-19600D+6.03
University of Tennessee2002-10-10504EVEN3
SurveyUSA2002-10-06726D+6.03
SurveyUSA2002-09-24726D+4.01
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group2002-09-19605D+8.05
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2002-09-18625D+2.01
OnMessage Inc.2002-09-12500D+0.62
University of Tennessee2002-09-07504D+8.05