VotePredictor
past elections

Alabama President

Barack Obama (D) vs Hillary Rodham Clinton (R)

Actual result
R+21.6
Final polls said
R+21.0
3 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+23.6
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
1American Research GroupR+22.00.4
2Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+21.00.6
3Capital Survey Research CenterR+20.01.6
4VotePredictorR+23.62.0
5SurveyUSAR+25.03.4
6YouGovR+18.03.6
7University of South Alabama Polling GroupR+27.05.4

Polls (10)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2008-10-27650R+25.03
YouGov2008-10-25452R+18.04
Capital Survey Research Center2008-10-15606R+20.02
SurveyUSA2008-10-08697R+27.05
Capital Survey Research Center2008-10-04554R+20.02
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-09-22500R+21.01
SurveyUSA2008-09-16655R+30.08
American Research Group2008-09-15600R+22.00
University of South Alabama Polling Group2008-09-12406R+27.05
Capital Survey Research Center2008-09-06606R+20.02