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past elections

North Dakota Governor

Tim Mathern (D) vs John Hoeven (R)

Actual result
R+50.9
Final polls said
R+46.3
3 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+41.2
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
1Minnesota State University Moorhead Public Affairs InstituteR+55.04.1
2DFM ResearchR+44.06.9
3VotePredictorR+41.29.7
4Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+40.010.9

Polls (3)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
DFM Research2008-10-13504R+44.07
Minnesota State University Moorhead Public Affairs Institute2008-10-07606R+55.04
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-09-08500R+40.011