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past elections

North Carolina President

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

Actual result
R+12.4
Final polls said
R+7.7
6 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+8.5
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
1Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+12.00.4
2Public Opinion StrategiesR+12.00.4
3Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyR+9.03.4
4VotePredictorR+8.53.9
5SurveyUSAR+8.04.4
6The Tyson GroupR+8.04.4
7American Research GroupR+5.07.4
8Lake Research PartnersEVEN12.4

Polls (14)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2004-10-30620R+8.04
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2004-10-25625R+9.03
SurveyUSA2004-10-23694R+10.02
The Tyson Group2004-10-19600R+8.04
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2004-10-18625R+8.04
SurveyUSA2004-10-16627R+3.09
SurveyUSA2004-10-03628R+7.05
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2004-09-27625R+9.03
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2004-09-26500R+12.00
Public Opinion Strategies2004-09-26600R+12.00
Lake Research Partners2004-09-16800EVEN12
American Research Group2004-09-15600R+5.07
SurveyUSA2004-09-07587R+4.08
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2004-09-07445R+13.01