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past elections

Texas Governor

Tony Sanchez (D) vs Rick Perry (R)

Actual result
R+17.9
Final polls said
R+12.3
12 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
1Zogby AnalyticsR+18.00.1
2Scripps HowardR+15.02.9
3Frank N. Magid Associates Inc.R+13.04.9
4Blum & Weprin AssociatesR+12.05.9
5Rice UniversityR+12.05.9
6SurveyUSAR+10.07.9
7FM3 ResearchR+3.014.9

Polls (20)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Zogby Analytics2002-11-03602R+18.00
Zogby Analytics2002-11-01602R+14.04
SurveyUSA2002-10-31683R+10.08
Blum & Weprin Associates2002-10-311002R+12.06
Rice University2002-10-27656R+12.06
Frank N. Magid Associates Inc.2002-10-24550R+13.05
SurveyUSA2002-10-22683R+11.07
Scripps Howard2002-10-18795R+15.03
FM3 Research2002-10-18900R+3.015
Frank N. Magid Associates Inc.2002-10-17550R+15.03
Blum & Weprin Associates2002-10-151002R+15.03
SurveyUSA2002-10-15683R+9.09
Frank N. Magid Associates Inc.2002-10-10550R+14.04
Zogby Analytics2002-10-10602R+22.04
FM3 Research2002-10-09666R+3.015
Frank N. Magid Associates Inc.2002-10-03550R+27.09
SurveyUSA2002-10-01666R+7.011
SurveyUSA2002-09-18683D+11.029
Zogby Analytics2002-09-17602R+12.06
Rice University2002-09-09656D+9.027