VotePredictor
past elections

Michigan President

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

Actual result
D+3.4
Final polls said
D+3.7
15 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+5.1
Winner
Dem

"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
1SurveyUSAD+3.00.4
2Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+4.00.6
3Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyD+2.01.4
4Mitchell Research & CommunicationsD+2.01.4
5Marketing Resource Group (MRG)D+2.01.4
6Opinion DynamicsD+2.01.4
7VotePredictorD+5.11.6
8Zogby AnalyticsD+6.02.6
9EPIC-MRAD+6.02.6
10GallupD+6.02.6
11American Research GroupD+8.04.6
12Detroit Free PressR+2.05.4

Polls (29)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Zogby Analytics2004-10-31601D+6.03
SurveyUSA2004-10-29671D+3.00
Zogby Analytics2004-10-28601D+8.05
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2004-10-28600D+4.01
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2004-10-28626D+2.01
Mitchell Research & Communications2004-10-27600D+2.01
Zogby Analytics2004-10-27601R+2.05
Zogby Analytics2004-10-23601D+10.07
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2004-10-23561D+5.02
Mitchell Research & Communications2004-10-22600D+1.02
EPIC-MRA2004-10-20610D+6.03
SurveyUSA2004-10-19668D+7.04
Mitchell Research & Communications2004-10-18400R+4.07
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2004-10-17625D+1.02
Zogby Analytics2004-10-151228D+6.73
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2004-10-09400D+3.00
SurveyUSA2004-10-05659D+10.07
Zogby Analytics2004-10-031207D+9.76
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2004-09-26400EVEN3
Detroit Free Press2004-09-25600R+2.05
Marketing Resource Group (MRG)2004-09-22600D+2.01
Opinion Dynamics2004-09-21800D+2.01
SurveyUSA2004-09-21615D+10.07
American Research Group2004-09-19600D+8.05
EPIC-MRA2004-09-17610D+4.01
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2004-09-17400D+2.01
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2004-09-15625D+6.03
Zogby Analytics2004-09-151139D+6.03
Gallup2004-09-12631D+6.03