VotePredictor
past elections

New York President

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

Actual result
D+18.4
Final polls said
D+17.0
3 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+17.2
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+18.00.4
2Marist CollegeD+18.00.4
3VotePredictorD+17.21.2
4Siena CollegeD+15.03.4
5American Research GroupD+12.06.4
6Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+5.013.4
7Quinnipiac UniversityD+5.013.4

Polls (10)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Siena College2004-10-271062D+15.03
SurveyUSA2004-10-27628D+18.00
Marist College2004-10-25636D+18.00
SurveyUSA2004-10-10606D+23.05
Siena College2004-09-221121D+20.02
SurveyUSA2004-09-19582D+16.02
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2004-09-15500D+5.013
American Research Group2004-09-15600D+12.06
Marist College2004-09-13584D+11.07
Quinnipiac University2004-09-09929D+5.013