VotePredictor
past elections

Michigan President

Barack Obama (D) vs John McCain (R)

Actual result
D+16.5
Final polls said
D+14.4
9 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+14.5
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
1Mitchell Research & CommunicationsD+16.00.5
2Selzer & Co.D+16.00.5
3Quinnipiac UniversityD+16.00.5
4VotePredictorD+14.52.0
5Public Policy PollingD+13.03.5
6YouGovD+13.03.5
7EPIC-MRAD+12.04.5
8Big TenD+22.05.5
9Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+10.06.5
10Marist CollegeD+9.07.5
11FTI ConsultingD+8.08.5
12GQRD+7.09.5
13Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. ResearchD+7.09.5
14Big VillageD+6.010.5
15Zogby AnalyticsD+6.010.5
16Rossman GroupD+5.011.5
17American Research GroupD+2.014.5
18Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyEVEN16.5
19InsiderAdvantageR+1.017.5
20Marketing Resource Group (MRG)R+3.019.5

Polls (32)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Mitchell Research & Communications2008-11-03400D+16.00
Selzer & Co.2008-10-30616D+16.00
Public Policy Polling2008-10-291532D+13.03
Mitchell Research & Communications2008-10-28600D+14.02
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-10-28500D+10.06
EPIC-MRA2008-10-27600D+12.04
YouGov2008-10-25973D+13.03
Big Ten2008-10-21562D+22.06
EPIC-MRA2008-10-21400D+14.02
Quinnipiac University2008-10-101043D+16.00
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-10-07500D+16.00
Quinnipiac University2008-10-051122D+18.02
Rossman Group2008-10-03600D+5.011
Public Policy Polling2008-09-30731D+10.06
Selzer & Co.2008-09-23602D+13.03
GQR2008-09-23760D+7.09
Big Village2008-09-22755D+6.010
EPIC-MRA2008-09-21400D+10.06
Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. Research2008-09-21500D+7.09
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2008-09-20625EVEN16
FTI Consulting2008-09-20406D+8.08
American Research Group2008-09-18600D+2.014
Quinnipiac University2008-09-181364D+4.012
Marketing Resource Group (MRG)2008-09-17600R+3.019
EPIC-MRA2008-09-16602D+1.015
Big Ten2008-09-16628D+4.012
Marist College2008-09-16599D+9.07
Zogby Analytics2008-09-11742D+6.010
InsiderAdvantage2008-09-10503R+1.017
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-09-10700D+5.011
Big Village2008-09-08966D+3.013
Public Policy Polling2008-09-061147D+1.015