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New Jersey President

In the 2004 New Jersey President race, John Kerry (D) won by about 7 points.

Actual result
D+6.7
Final polls said
D+7.3
10 late polls · ✓
VotePredictor Elections predicted
Winner
Dem

"Final polls said" averages polls from the last ~3 weeks — the call right before the vote, and how pollsters are rated. VotePredictor Elections' prediction is walk-forward (trained only on earlier races).

Final rankings

How everyone who called this race did, ranked — VotePredictor Elections shown inline (★).

Pollsters — each pollster's final poll vs the result

#PollsterFinal callMissCalled
1Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityD+7.00.3
2American Research GroupD+8.01.3
3Quinnipiac UniversityD+5.01.7
4Rutgers University Eagleton Center for Public Interest PollingD+4.02.7
5SurveyUSAD+12.05.3
6Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+12.05.3

The polls behind it

23 polls · newest first
PollsterDateMiss
Quinnipiac University2004-10-292
SurveyUSA2004-10-285
Rutgers University Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling2004-10-283
Fairleigh Dickinson University2004-10-250
Quinnipiac University2004-10-237

Frequently asked questions

Who won the 2004 New Jersey President race?

John Kerry (D) won, by about 6.7 points (D+6.7).

When was the 2004 New Jersey President election held?

It was held in November 2004.

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