VotePredictor
past elections

New Jersey Governor

Barbara Buono (D) vs Chris Christie (R)

Actual result
R+22.1
Final polls said
R+25.4
7 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+24.0
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+24.01.9
2Stockton University William J. Hughes Center for Public PolicyR+24.01.9
3Monmouth University Polling InstituteR+20.02.1
4Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityR+19.03.1
5Rasmussen ReportsR+18.04.1
6Quinnipiac UniversityR+28.05.9
7Rutgers University Eagleton Center for Public Interest PollingR+36.013.9

Polls (19)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Monmouth University Polling Institute2013-11-011436R+20.02
Quinnipiac University2013-11-011388R+28.06
Rutgers University Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling2013-10-30535R+36.014
Rasmussen Reports2013-10-281000R+18.04
Fairleigh Dickinson University2013-10-27570R+19.03
Stockton University William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy2013-10-25804R+24.02
Quinnipiac University2013-10-241203R+33.011
Quinnipiac University2013-10-121938R+29.07
Monmouth University Polling Institute2013-10-111606R+24.02
Rutgers University Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling2013-10-10562R+26.04
Rasmussen Reports2013-10-071000R+21.01
Quinnipiac University2013-10-061144R+29.07
Fairleigh Dickinson University2013-10-02702R+33.011
Monmouth University Polling Institute2013-09-28615R+19.03
Quinnipiac University2013-09-211249R+34.012
Rasmussen Reports2013-09-191000R+18.04
Stockton University William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy2013-09-18812R+28.06
Rasmussen Reports2013-09-10999R+26.04
Rutgers University Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling2013-09-06568R+20.02