VotePredictor
past elections

Alabama President

John Kerry (D) vs George W. Bush (R)

Actual result
R+25.6
Final polls said
R+18.0
1 late poll · ✓
Model predicted
R+22.0
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
1Capital Survey Research CenterR+24.01.6
2VotePredictorR+22.03.6
3SurveyUSAR+18.07.6
4University of South Alabama Polling GroupR+37.011.4
5American Research GroupR+14.011.6
6Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+11.014.6

Polls (6)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2004-10-26636R+18.08
Capital Survey Research Center2004-10-13546R+24.02
SurveyUSA2004-10-02600R+28.02
University of South Alabama Polling Group2004-09-29519R+37.011
American Research Group2004-09-15600R+14.012
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2004-09-09416R+11.015