VotePredictor
past elections

New Hampshire President

John Kerry (D) vs Howard Dean (R)

Actual result
D+1.4
Final polls said
D+2.6
13 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+1.8
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
1University of New Hampshire Survey CenterD+1.00.4
2Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyD+1.00.4
3VotePredictorD+1.80.4
4Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+2.00.6
5Lake Research PartnersEVEN1.4
6American Research GroupR+1.02.4
7Zogby AnalyticsD+4.53.1
8Suffolk UniversityD+5.03.6
9Becker InstituteD+6.04.6
10Franklin Pierce University Marlin Fitzwater Center for CommunicationD+7.05.6

Polls (23)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
American Research Group2004-10-31600R+1.02
University of New Hampshire Survey Center2004-10-30963D+1.00
American Research Group2004-10-29600EVEN1
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2004-10-28625D+1.00
Zogby Analytics2004-10-28631D+4.53
Franklin Pierce University Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication2004-10-27617D+7.06
University of New Hampshire Survey Center2004-10-26758D+4.03
Franklin Pierce University Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication2004-10-20617D+9.08
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2004-10-18500D+2.01
American Research Group2004-10-17600R+1.02
Suffolk University2004-10-16400D+5.04
Zogby Analytics2004-10-15510D+5.14
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2004-10-15625R+3.04
American Research Group2004-10-04600EVEN1
Franklin Pierce University Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication2004-10-03617D+7.06
Zogby Analytics2004-10-02576D+6.65
Becker Institute2004-10-02397D+6.05
University of New Hampshire Survey Center2004-09-30538R+5.06
Lake Research Partners2004-09-22400EVEN1
American Research Group2004-09-16600R+2.03
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2004-09-15500D+6.05
Zogby Analytics2004-09-15538D+3.62
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2004-09-14625R+9.010