VotePredictor
past elections

Michigan Governor

Mark Schauer (D) vs Rick Snyder (R)

Actual result
R+4.1
Final polls said
R+1.8
12 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+1.6
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
1Glengariff GroupR+5.00.9
2Marketing Resource Group (MRG)R+5.00.9
3Rasmussen ReportsR+3.01.1
4Denno ResearchR+3.01.1
5EPIC-MRAR+2.02.1
6VotePredictorR+1.62.4
7Public Policy PollingR+1.03.1
8Lake Research PartnersR+1.03.1
9Mitchell Research & CommunicationsEVEN4.1
10Clarity Campaign LabsEVEN4.1
11We Ask AmericaEVEN4.1
12YouGovD+1.05.1
13Target InsyghtD+1.05.1
14Suffolk UniversityD+2.06.1

Polls (30)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Mitchell Research & Communications2014-11-021224EVEN4
Public Policy Polling2014-11-01914R+1.03
Clarity Campaign Labs2014-11-011003EVEN4
EPIC-MRA2014-10-27600R+2.02
Mitchell Research & Communications2014-10-271159R+4.91
Glengariff Group2014-10-23600R+5.01
Rasmussen Reports2014-10-211000R+3.01
YouGov2014-10-202394D+1.05
Public Policy Polling2014-10-20723EVEN4
Mitchell Research & Communications2014-10-19919R+2.32
Clarity Campaign Labs2014-10-191032D+3.07
EPIC-MRA2014-10-18600R+8.04
Clarity Campaign Labs2014-10-13957R+2.02
Mitchell Research & Communications2014-10-121340R+3.01
Mitchell Research & Communications2014-10-091306R+1.03
Glengariff Group2014-10-03600R+8.04
Public Policy Polling2014-10-02654R+1.03
Marketing Resource Group (MRG)2014-09-30600R+5.01
Mitchell Research & Communications2014-09-291178R+4.00
Lake Research Partners2014-09-28600R+1.03
EPIC-MRA2014-09-27600R+6.02
YouGov2014-09-262560D+2.06
Target Insyght2014-09-24600D+1.05
Public Policy Polling2014-09-18852R+2.02
We Ask America2014-09-181182EVEN4
Rasmussen Reports2014-09-17750R+6.02
Mitchell Research & Communications2014-09-14829R+5.01
Denno Research2014-09-12600R+3.01
Suffolk University2014-09-08500D+2.06
Public Policy Polling2014-09-06687R+1.03