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past elections

Rhode Island Governor

Charlie Fogarty (D) vs Donald Carcieri (R)

Actual result
R+2.0
Final polls said
R+9.6
5 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+10.0
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
1GallupR+1.01.0
2Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+7.05.0
3Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyR+8.06.0
4Fleming & AssociatesR+9.07.0
5VotePredictorR+10.08.0
6Brown University A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and PolicyR+12.010.0
7Quest Research GroupR+14.012.0

Polls (11)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2006-11-01625R+8.06
Fleming & Associates2006-10-29401R+9.07
Quest Research Group2006-10-24408R+14.012
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2006-10-19500R+7.05
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2006-10-19625R+10.08
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2006-10-04500R+3.01
Quest Research Group2006-10-03459R+8.06
Gallup2006-09-29699R+1.01
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2006-09-27625R+16.014
Brown University A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy2006-09-17578R+12.010
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2006-09-13500R+2.00