VotePredictor
past elections

Montana President

Barack Obama (D) vs Mitt Romney (R)

Actual result
R+13.7
Final polls said
R+9.0
5 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+11.1
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
1Montana State University BillingsR+14.50.8
2VotePredictorR+11.12.6
3Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyR+10.03.7
4Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)R+10.03.7
5Mellman GroupR+8.05.7
6Public Policy PollingR+7.06.7

Polls (11)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Public Policy Polling2012-11-02836R+7.07
Mellman Group2012-10-30800R+8.06
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2012-10-30625R+10.04
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2012-10-29500R+10.04
Public Policy Polling2012-10-15806R+10.04
Scott Rasmussen (Rasmussen Reports)2012-10-14500R+8.06
Public Policy Polling2012-10-09737R+10.04
Montana State University Billings2012-09-29477R+14.51
Mellman Group2012-09-25600R+4.010
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy2012-09-18625R+9.05
Public Policy Polling2012-09-10656R+3.011