VotePredictor
past elections

Virginia President

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

Actual result
R+8.2
Final polls said
R+5.8
4 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+6.3
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
1Richmond Times-DispatchR+9.00.8
2VotePredictorR+6.31.9
3Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyR+6.02.2
4Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+6.02.2
5American Research GroupR+6.02.2
6SurveyUSAR+4.04.2

Polls (8)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2004-10-28606R+4.04
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2004-10-24625R+6.02
Richmond Times-Dispatch2004-10-23751R+9.01
SurveyUSA2004-10-17664R+4.04
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2004-09-26625R+6.02
SurveyUSA2004-09-22744R+11.03
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2004-09-20400R+6.02
American Research Group2004-09-13600R+6.02