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past elections

Tennessee Governor

Phil Bredesen (D) vs Jim Bryson (R)

Actual result
D+38.9
Final polls said
D+31.5
6 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+27.1
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
1Middle Tennessee State UniversityD+38.00.9
2GallupD+40.01.1
3Benenson Strategy GroupD+40.01.1
4Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyD+35.03.9
5Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+35.03.9
6YouGovD+32.06.9
7SurveyUSAD+28.010.9
8VotePredictorD+27.111.7
9Big VillageD+22.016.9

Polls (13)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2006-11-04679D+28.011
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2006-11-02625D+35.04
YouGov2006-10-31502D+32.07
Big Village2006-10-28541D+22.017
SurveyUSA2006-10-23780D+37.02
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2006-10-19625D+35.04
SurveyUSA2006-10-08539D+31.08
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2006-09-30500D+35.04
Gallup2006-09-29598D+40.01
Middle Tennessee State University2006-09-25549D+38.01
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2006-09-25625D+41.02
Benenson Strategy Group2006-09-22605D+40.01
SurveyUSA2006-09-10638D+33.06