VotePredictor
past elections

Texas Governor

Chris Bell (D) vs Rick Perry (R)

Actual result
R+9.2
Final polls said
R+12.2
5 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+14.9
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
1Zogby AnalyticsR+8.21.0
2Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+11.01.8
3VotePredictorR+14.95.7
4SurveyUSAR+16.06.8
5Blum & Weprin AssociatesR+23.013.8

Polls (9)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2006-11-02557R+16.07
Zogby Analytics2006-10-251081R+8.21
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2006-10-24500R+11.02
Zogby Analytics2006-10-241003R+16.07
SurveyUSA2006-10-22532R+10.01
Zogby Analytics2006-10-13666R+11.32
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2006-10-09500R+15.06
Blum & Weprin Associates2006-09-30828R+23.014
SurveyUSA2006-09-17536R+12.03