VotePredictor
past elections

Georgia President

John Kerry (D) vs John Edwards (R)

Actual result
R+16.6
Final polls said
R+13.0
3 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+14.1
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
1VotePredictorR+14.12.5
2SurveyUSAR+12.04.6
3Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+11.05.6
4American Research GroupR+11.05.6
5Zogby AnalyticsR+10.06.6

Polls (9)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2004-10-29628R+12.05
Zogby Analytics2004-10-28501R+10.07
SurveyUSA2004-10-19609R+17.00
Zogby Analytics2004-10-14503R+10.07
Zogby Analytics2004-10-07501R+15.02
SurveyUSA2004-10-06594R+19.02
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2004-09-15400R+11.06
SurveyUSA2004-09-14658R+20.03
American Research Group2004-09-12600R+11.06