VotePredictor
past elections

Washington President

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

Actual result
D+7.2
Final polls said
D+7.1
7 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+6.7
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
1American Research GroupD+7.00.2
2VotePredictorD+6.70.4
3Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+8.00.8
4GallupD+8.00.8
5Elway ResearchD+6.01.2
6IpsosD+9.01.8
7Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyD+5.02.2
8SurveyUSAD+4.03.2
9Zogby AnalyticsD+11.24.0
10Moore Information GroupD+2.05.2

Polls (19)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2004-10-30622D+4.03
Zogby Analytics2004-10-281832D+11.24
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2004-10-25800D+5.02
SurveyUSA2004-10-24618D+6.01
SurveyUSA2004-10-16634D+7.00
Elway Research2004-10-15405D+6.01
Zogby Analytics2004-10-151440D+10.43
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2004-10-12400D+8.01
Moore Information Group2004-10-03500D+2.05
SurveyUSA2004-10-03640D+11.04
Zogby Analytics2004-10-021418D+9.93
SurveyUSA2004-09-20627D+5.02
Ipsos2004-09-19406D+9.02
Moore Information Group2004-09-19500D+2.05
Elway Research2004-09-18405D+14.07
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2004-09-16400D+7.00
Zogby Analytics2004-09-151319D+8.72
American Research Group2004-09-11600D+7.00
Gallup2004-09-05646D+8.01