VotePredictor
past elections

Indiana Governor

Jill Long Thompson (D) vs Mitchell Daniels, Jr. (R)

Actual result
R+17.8
Final polls said
R+21.5
6 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+18.9
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
1Selzer & Co.R+18.00.2
2SurveyUSAR+17.00.8
3VotePredictorR+18.91.1
4Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+16.01.8
5Bellwether Research & ConsultingR+21.03.2
6Public Opinion StrategiesR+22.04.2
7Public Policy PollingR+23.05.2
8Howey Politics/DePauw UniversityR+31.013.2

Polls (11)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Public Policy Polling2008-11-012634R+23.05
SurveyUSA2008-10-29900R+17.01
Selzer & Co.2008-10-27606R+18.00
Howey Politics/DePauw University2008-10-23600R+31.013
SurveyUSA2008-10-21631R+19.01
Public Policy Polling2008-10-181411R+21.03
Public Opinion Strategies2008-09-29600R+22.04
SurveyUSA2008-09-28687R+16.02
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-09-17500R+16.02
Selzer & Co.2008-09-15600R+4.014
Bellwether Research & Consulting2008-09-13800R+21.03