VotePredictor
past elections

Rhode Island President

Barack Obama (D) vs John McCain (R)

Actual result
D+27.8
Final polls said
D+21.0
1 late poll · ✓
Model predicted
D+22.7
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
1American Research GroupD+26.01.8
2VotePredictorD+22.75.1
3YouGovD+21.06.8
4Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+19.08.8
5Quest Research GroupD+14.013.8
6Brown University A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and PolicyD+13.014.8

Polls (5)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
YouGov2008-10-25365D+21.07
Quest Research Group2008-09-21742D+14.014
Brown University A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy2008-09-15652D+13.015
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-09-13500D+19.09
American Research Group2008-09-12600D+26.02