VotePredictor
past elections

Nebraska President

Barack Obama (D) vs John McCain (R)

Actual result
R+14.9
Final polls said
R+19.0
1 late poll · ✓
Model predicted
R+21.8
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
1YouGovR+19.04.1
2Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+19.04.1
3VotePredictorR+21.86.9
4American Research GroupR+26.011.1

Polls (3)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
YouGov2008-10-25407R+19.04
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-09-30500R+19.04
American Research Group2008-09-14600R+26.011