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past elections

Arkansas Governor

Michael Avery Ross (D) vs Asa Hutchinson (R)

Actual result
R+13.9
Final polls said
R+5.3
8 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+6.1
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
1University of Arkansas Department of Political ScienceR+11.02.9
2Public Policy PollingR+10.03.9
3YouGovR+9.04.9
4Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. ResearchR+9.04.9
5Hendrix CollegeR+8.05.9
6Rasmussen ReportsR+7.06.9
7VotePredictorR+6.17.8
8Gravis MarketingR+4.09.9
9Marist CollegeR+3.010.9
10Suffolk UniversityR+2.011.9
11Opinion Research AssociatesD+4.017.9

Polls (16)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Public Policy Polling2014-10-311092R+10.04
Opinion Research Associates2014-10-31400D+4.018
Rasmussen Reports2014-10-28967R+7.07
Opinion Research Associates2014-10-25401D+2.016
University of Arkansas Department of Political Science2014-10-24568R+11.03
Marist College2014-10-21621R+3.011
YouGov2014-10-201567R+9.05
Hendrix College2014-10-152075R+8.06
Rasmussen Reports2014-10-14940R+2.012
Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. Research2014-10-06707R+9.05
Opinion Research Associates2014-10-03400D+4.018
YouGov2014-09-261991R+11.03
Rasmussen Reports2014-09-24750R+4.010
Suffolk University2014-09-22500R+2.012
Public Policy Polling2014-09-201453R+6.08
Gravis Marketing2014-09-10902R+4.010