VotePredictor
past elections

Minnesota President

Barack Obama (D) vs John McCain (R)

Actual result
D+10.2
Final polls said
D+10.8
13 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+9.9
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
1FTI ConsultingD+10.00.2
2VotePredictorD+9.90.3
3Princeton Survey Research Associates InternationalD+11.00.8
4Quinnipiac UniversityD+11.00.8
5Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+12.01.8
6Big VillageD+12.01.8
7Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyD+8.02.2
8YouGovD+6.04.2
9St. Cloud State UniversityD+5.05.2
10Public Policy PollingD+16.05.8
11SurveyUSAD+3.07.2
12University of Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public AffairsD+19.08.8
13Big TenD+19.08.8
14American Research GroupD+1.09.2

Polls (28)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
SurveyUSA2008-10-31669D+3.07
Princeton Survey Research Associates International2008-10-30933D+11.01
Public Policy Polling2008-10-291050D+16.06
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-10-28500D+12.02
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2008-10-27625D+8.02
University of Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs2008-10-26451D+19.09
YouGov2008-10-25699D+6.04
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-10-22500D+15.05
Big Ten2008-10-21583D+19.09
St. Cloud State University2008-10-18509D+5.05
FTI Consulting2008-10-18402D+10.00
SurveyUSA2008-10-17655D+6.04
Princeton Survey Research Associates International2008-10-161049D+11.01
Quinnipiac University2008-10-101019D+11.01
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-10-07500D+7.03
American Research Group2008-10-06600D+1.09
Quinnipiac University2008-10-051076D+8.02
University of Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs2008-10-04418D+14.04
Princeton Survey Research Associates International2008-10-011084D+18.08
SurveyUSA2008-09-30725R+1.011
University of Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs2008-09-30346D+4.06
Big Village2008-09-29849D+12.02
American Research Group2008-09-19600D+1.09
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-09-18500D+8.02
Quinnipiac University2008-09-181301D+2.08
Big Ten2008-09-16610D+2.08
Princeton Survey Research Associates International2008-09-111106EVEN10
SurveyUSA2008-09-10734D+2.08