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past elections

California Governor

Cruz M. Bustamante (D) vs Arnold Schwarzenegger (R)

Actual result
R+17.1
Final polls said
R+15.3
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
1BIGresearchR+19.01.9
2GallupR+15.02.1
3Knowledge NetworksR+13.04.1
4Hart Research Associates/Public Opinion StrategiesR+13.04.1
5SurveyUSAR+12.05.1
6Field Research Corp. (Field Poll)R+10.07.1
7Harris Insights & AnalyticsR+10.07.1
8Elway ResearchR+8.09.1
9Los Angeles TimesR+8.09.1
10Baselice & AssociatesR+4.013.1
11Public Policy Institute of CaliforniaD+2.019.1

Polls (25)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2003-10-05294R+12.05
BIGresearch2003-10-041105R+19.02
SurveyUSA2003-10-04294R+15.02
Elway Research2003-10-031000R+8.09
SurveyUSA2003-10-03294R+20.03
Knowledge Networks2003-09-30702R+13.04
SurveyUSA2003-09-29294R+17.00
Field Research Corp. (Field Poll)2003-09-28894R+10.07
Los Angeles Times2003-09-27815R+8.09
Gallup2003-09-26581R+15.02
Baselice & Associates2003-09-24804R+4.013
SurveyUSA2003-09-21789R+7.010
Knowledge Networks2003-09-16702R+9.08
Public Policy Institute of California2003-09-131033D+2.019
Los Angeles Times2003-09-08922D+5.022
SurveyUSA2003-09-07666R+10.07
Field Research Corp. (Field Poll)2003-09-05505D+5.022
SurveyUSA2003-08-24572R+16.01
Los Angeles Times2003-08-18801D+13.030
Field Research Corp. (Field Poll)2003-08-12500D+3.020
Public Policy Institute of California2003-08-121000R+5.012
Hart Research Associates/Public Opinion Strategies2003-08-10510R+13.04
SurveyUSA2003-08-09476R+34.017
Gallup2003-08-09562R+25.08
Harris Insights & Analytics2003-08-08508R+10.07