VotePredictor
past elections

Indiana President

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

Actual result
R+20.7
Final polls said
R+20.3
3 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+21.1
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+21.10.4
2Selzer & Co.R+20.00.7
3SurveyUSAR+19.01.7
4American Research GroupR+15.05.7

Polls (7)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Selzer & Co.2004-10-281002R+20.01
SurveyUSA2004-10-28589R+19.02
SurveyUSA2004-10-18602R+22.01
SurveyUSA2004-10-04589R+19.02
Selzer & Co.2004-10-01957R+28.07
American Research Group2004-09-18600R+15.06
SurveyUSA2004-09-08692R+24.03