VotePredictor
past elections

Utah President

Barack Obama (D) vs John McCain (R)

Actual result
R+28.2
Final polls said
R+25.0
3 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+28.3
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
1VotePredictorR+28.30.1
2YouGovR+27.01.2
3Dan Jones & AssociatesR+25.03.2
4Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+32.03.8
5Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyR+23.05.2
6American Research GroupR+36.07.8

Polls (6)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Dan Jones & Associates2008-10-271205R+25.03
YouGov2008-10-25395R+27.01
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2008-10-24625R+23.05
American Research Group2008-09-12600R+36.08
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2008-09-10500R+32.04
Dan Jones & Associates2008-09-10601R+38.010