VotePredictor
past elections

Hawaii President

Barack Obama (D) vs John McCain (R)

Actual result
D+45.3
Final polls said
D+22.0
1 late poll · ✓
Model predicted
D+30.1
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
1Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+41.04.3
2American Research GroupD+31.014.3
3VotePredictorD+30.115.2
4YouGovD+22.023.3

Polls (3)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
YouGov2008-10-25337D+22.023
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-09-23500D+41.04
American Research Group2008-09-09600D+31.014