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past elections

North Carolina Governor

Bev Perdue (D) vs Pat McCrory (R)

Actual result
D+3.4
Final polls said
D+0.6
11 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+1.1
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
1The Tyson GroupD+2.01.4
2Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyD+2.01.4
3VotePredictorD+1.12.3
4SurveyUSAD+1.02.4
5Public Policy PollingD+1.02.4
6Garin-Hart-Yang Research GroupD+6.02.6
7Marshall MarketingD+0.43.0
8GfK GroupEVEN3.4
9Elon UniversityR+2.05.4
10Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+4.07.4

Polls (25)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2008-11-01682D+1.02
Public Policy Polling2008-11-012100D+1.02
The Tyson Group2008-10-28600D+2.01
Public Policy Polling2008-10-251038D+3.00
GfK Group2008-10-24601EVEN3
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-10-23700R+4.07
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2008-10-23800D+2.01
Marshall Marketing2008-10-20500D+0.43
SurveyUSA2008-10-19627R+3.06
The Tyson Group2008-10-19600EVEN3
Public Policy Polling2008-10-181200D+4.01
Public Policy Polling2008-10-111196D+1.02
The Tyson Group2008-10-07600R+2.05
Marshall Marketing2008-10-06500D+3.40
SurveyUSA2008-10-05617R+1.04
Public Policy Polling2008-10-041202D+3.00
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-09-30700R+4.07
Public Policy Polling2008-09-271041R+3.06
The Tyson Group2008-09-19600R+2.05
Public Policy Polling2008-09-181060D+1.02
Elon University2008-09-15411R+2.05
Public Policy Polling2008-09-09626D+1.02
The Tyson Group2008-09-08600D+1.02
SurveyUSA2008-09-07671R+8.011
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group2008-09-06605D+6.03