VotePredictor
past elections

Missouri Governor

Jay Nixon (D) vs David Spence (R)

Actual result
D+12.2
Final polls said
D+11.2
5 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+13.0
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
1VotePredictorD+13.00.7
2SurveyUSAD+9.03.2
3Public Policy PollingD+8.04.2
4YouGovD+18.05.8
5Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyD+6.06.2
6Kiley & CompanyD+22.09.8

Polls (8)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Public Policy Polling2012-11-02835D+8.04
SurveyUSA2012-10-31589D+9.03
Kiley & Company2012-10-24601D+22.010
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2012-10-24625D+6.06
Public Policy Polling2012-10-20582D+11.01
YouGov2012-10-08533D+18.06
Public Policy Polling2012-10-02700D+19.07
YouGov2012-09-11809D+18.06