VotePredictor
past elections

Kansas President

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

Actual result
R+25.4
Final polls said
R+26.0
2 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+24.6
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+24.60.8
2SurveyUSAR+23.02.4
3American Research GroupR+22.03.4
4Market Research Institute Inc.R+29.03.6

Polls (5)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2004-10-26651R+23.02
Market Research Institute Inc.2004-10-24573R+29.04
SurveyUSA2004-10-10595R+19.06
American Research Group2004-09-17600R+22.03
SurveyUSA2004-09-08604R+25.00