VotePredictor
past elections

Illinois Governor

Pat Quinn (D) vs Bruce Rauner (R)

Actual result
R+3.9
Final polls said
D+0.3
8 late polls · ✗
Model predicted
R+0.8
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
1Ogden & FryR+3.50.4
2Communication ExpressR+5.81.9
3APC ResearchR+2.01.9
4University of Illinois Springfield Survey Research OfficeR+2.01.9
5Southern Illinois University Paul Simon Public Policy InstituteR+1.72.2
6Rasmussen ReportsR+1.02.9
7VotePredictorR+0.83.2
8Battleground PollingEVEN3.9
9Public Policy PollingD+2.05.9
10Fabrizio, Lee & AssociatesD+2.05.9
11McKeon & AssociatesD+3.06.9
12Global Strategy GroupD+3.06.9
13YouGovD+4.07.9
14We Ask AmericaD+5.08.9

Polls (20)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Ogden & Fry2014-11-021051R+3.50
Public Policy Polling2014-11-011064D+2.06
Ogden & Fry2014-11-011163R+4.81
McKeon & Associates2014-10-28823D+3.07
We Ask America2014-10-272327D+5.09
Rasmussen Reports2014-10-211000R+1.03
YouGov2014-10-203519D+4.08
APC Research2014-10-18800R+2.02
We Ask America2014-10-081051D+3.07
We Ask America2014-10-061097D+4.08
University of Illinois Springfield Survey Research Office2014-10-05723R+2.02
Southern Illinois University Paul Simon Public Policy Institute2014-10-04691R+1.72
Communication Express2014-09-301208R+5.82
Fabrizio, Lee & Associates2014-09-28600D+2.06
YouGov2014-09-263955D+3.07
Rasmussen Reports2014-09-24750D+2.06
Battleground Polling2014-09-23408EVEN4
We Ask America2014-09-181418R+3.01
APC Research2014-09-07800D+11.015
Global Strategy Group2014-09-06605D+3.07