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Toss-up · 2016 President
Colorado President
In the 2016 Colorado President race, Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) won by about 5 points.
Actual result
D+4.9
Final polls said
D+3.5
18 late polls · ✓
VotePredictor Elections predicted
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Winner
Dem
"Final polls said" averages polls from the last ~3 weeks — the call right before the vote, and how pollsters are rated. VotePredictor Elections' prediction is walk-forward (trained only on earlier races).
Final rankings
How everyone who called this race did, ranked — VotePredictor Elections shown inline (★).
Pollsters — each pollster's final poll vs the result
| # | Pollster | Final call | Miss | Called |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Public Policy Polling | D+5.0 | 0.1 | ✓ |
| 2 | Keating Research | D+5.0 | 0.1 | ✓ |
| 3 | Ipsos | D+5.4 | 0.5 | ✓ |
| 4 | Magellan Strategies | D+6.5 | 1.6 | ✓ |
| 5 | SurveyMonkey | D+3.0 | 1.9 | ✓ |
| 6 | Emerson College | D+3.0 | 1.9 | ✓ |
| 7 | YouGov | D+3.0 | 1.9 | ✓ |
| 8 | Lucid | D+7.0 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| 9 | Franklin & Marshall College Center for Opinion Research | D+7.0 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| 10 | Quinnipiac University | D+8.0 | 3.1 | ✓ |
| 11 | Gravis Marketing | D+1.0 | 3.9 | ✓ |
| 12 | Remington Research Group | D+1.0 | 3.9 | ✓ |
| 13 | Trafalgar Group | D+0.4 | 4.5 | ✓ |
| 14 | Ciruli Associates | EVEN | 4.9 | ✗ |
| 15 | University of Colorado American Politics Research Lab | D+10.0 | 5.1 | ✓ |
| 16 | Big Village | R+1.0 | 5.9 | ✗ |
| 17 | Monmouth University Polling Institute | D+11.0 | 6.1 | ✓ |
Forecasters — pre-election win probability, scored by Brier
| # | Forecaster | Win prob | Brier | Called |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Princeton Election Consortium | Dem 96% | 0.002 | ✓ |
| 2 | Inside Elections | Dem 90% | 0.010 | ✓ |
| 3 | Sabato's Crystal Ball | Dem 90% | 0.010 | ✓ |
| 4 | New York Times | Dem 89% | 0.012 | ✓ |
| 5 | FiveThirtyEight | Dem 78% | 0.048 | ✓ |
| 6 | Cook Political | Dem 75% | 0.062 | ✓ |
| 7 | VotePredictor Elections | Dem 74% | 0.069 | ✓ |
The polls behind it
35 polls · newest firstPollsterDateSampleMiss
Gravis Marketing2016-11-054
SurveyMonkey2016-11-042
Public Policy Polling2016-11-030
Keating Research2016-11-020
Trafalgar Group2016-11-024
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 2016 Colorado President race?
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) won, by about 4.9 points (D+4.9).
When was the 2016 Colorado President election held?
It was held in November 2016.
Which party matches you?
These candidates split on taxes, health care, guns, and abortion. See where you land — and which members of Congress actually vote like you.