VotePredictor
past elections

Indiana Governor

Joseph Kernan (D) vs Mitchell Daniels, Jr. (R)

Actual result
R+7.7
Final polls said
R+7.0
4 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+7.1
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
1SurveyUSAR+8.00.3
2VotePredictorR+7.10.6
3Selzer & Co.R+6.01.7
4Indiana University Public Opinion LaboratoryR+6.01.7

Polls (7)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2004-10-28589R+8.00
Selzer & Co.2004-10-281002R+6.02
Indiana University Public Opinion Laboratory2004-10-18421R+6.02
SurveyUSA2004-10-18602R+8.00
SurveyUSA2004-10-04587R+1.07
Selzer & Co.2004-10-011002R+3.05
SurveyUSA2004-09-08587R+12.04