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past elections

South Carolina Governor

Vincent A. Sheheen (D) vs Nikki Haley (R)

Actual result
R+4.5
Final polls said
R+8.8
4 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+9.5
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
1EMC ResearchR+5.00.5
2Crantford ResearchR+2.02.5
3Winthrop University Center for Public Opinion & Policy ResearchR+9.04.5
4VotePredictorR+9.55.1
5Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+10.05.5
6InsiderAdvantageR+14.09.5

Polls (9)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2010-10-22500R+10.06
InsiderAdvantage2010-10-19878R+14.010
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2010-10-19500R+9.05
Crantford Research2010-10-18653R+2.02
Winthrop University Center for Public Opinion & Policy Research2010-10-07741R+9.05
EMC Research2010-10-03500R+5.01
Crantford Research2010-09-30634R+4.00
EMC Research2010-09-26500R+10.06
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2010-09-22500R+17.013