VotePredictor
past elections

Nevada President

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

Actual result
R+2.6
Final polls said
R+4.7
13 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+4.5
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+2.00.6
2American Research GroupR+2.00.6
3Belden RussonelloR+4.01.4
4Garin-Hart-Yang Research GroupR+1.01.6
5VotePredictorR+4.51.9
6Zogby AnalyticsR+5.02.4
7Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyR+6.03.4
8SurveyUSAR+8.05.4
9GallupR+9.06.4

Polls (22)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2004-10-31636R+8.05
Zogby Analytics2004-10-31601R+5.02
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2004-10-28800R+6.03
SurveyUSA2004-10-28535EVEN3
Zogby Analytics2004-10-28603R+5.02
Zogby Analytics2004-10-27600R+5.02
Zogby Analytics2004-10-23600R+4.01
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2004-10-23500R+2.01
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group2004-10-19504R+1.02
Belden Russonello2004-10-18600R+4.01
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2004-10-17625R+10.07
SurveyUSA2004-10-17585R+7.04
Zogby Analytics2004-10-15516R+3.91
Zogby Analytics2004-10-02519D+1.04
SurveyUSA2004-10-02625R+4.01
Belden Russonello2004-09-24600R+4.01
Gallup2004-09-20535R+9.06
Zogby Analytics2004-09-15499R+2.20
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2004-09-14500R+2.01
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2004-09-13625R+5.02
American Research Group2004-09-13600R+2.01
SurveyUSA2004-09-12526R+4.01