VotePredictor
past elections

Kentucky President

Barack Obama (D) vs John McCain (R)

Actual result
R+16.2
Final polls said
R+11.7
6 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+13.8
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
1SurveyUSAR+16.00.2
2VotePredictorR+13.82.4
3American Research GroupR+20.03.8
4Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+12.04.2
5YouGovR+12.04.2
6Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyR+9.07.2

Polls (10)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2008-10-31616R+16.00
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-10-29500R+12.04
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2008-10-28817R+9.07
YouGov2008-10-25486R+12.04
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-10-21500R+8.08
SurveyUSA2008-10-19535R+13.03
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-09-30500R+10.06
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2008-09-24717R+12.04
SurveyUSA2008-09-21672R+19.03
American Research Group2008-09-10600R+20.04