VotePredictor
past elections

Washington Governor

Jay Robert Inslee (D) vs Rob McKenna (R)

Actual result
D+3.1
Final polls said
D+1.7
6 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+3.8
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
1University of Washington Center for Survey ResearchD+3.10.0
2VotePredictorD+3.80.7
3Public Policy PollingD+2.01.1
4Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)D+2.01.1
5SurveyUSAD+1.02.1
6Strategies 360EVEN3.1
7Elway ResearchR+2.05.1
8YouGovD+10.06.9

Polls (16)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Public Policy Polling2012-11-02932D+2.01
SurveyUSA2012-10-30555D+1.02
University of Washington Center for Survey Research2012-10-24632D+3.10
Elway Research2012-10-20451R+2.05
Strategies 3602012-10-19500EVEN3
Public Policy Polling2012-10-15574D+6.03
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2012-10-14500D+2.01
SurveyUSA2012-10-13543D+3.00
University of Washington Center for Survey Research2012-10-09644D+0.82
YouGov2012-10-08648D+10.07
SurveyUSA2012-09-29540D+6.03
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2012-09-26500D+1.02
Elway Research2012-09-11405D+3.00
YouGov2012-09-11775D+4.01
Public Policy Polling2012-09-08563D+6.03
SurveyUSA2012-09-08524D+5.02