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Ohio President

In the 2016 Ohio President race, Donald Trump (R) won by about 8 points.

Actual result
R+8.1
Final polls said
R+1.7
21 late polls · ✓
VotePredictor Elections predicted
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Winner
Rep

"Final polls" = the last ~3 weeks; the prediction is walk-forward. How this is scored →

Final rankings

How everyone who called this race did, ranked — VotePredictor Elections shown inline (★).

Pollsters — each pollster's final poll vs the result

#PollsterFinal callMissCalled
1Emerson CollegeR+6.71.4✓
2Gravis MarketingR+6.02.1✓
3Quinnipiac UniversityR+5.03.1✓
4Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. ResearchR+5.03.1✓
5Selzer & Co.R+5.03.1✓
6Trafalgar GroupR+4.43.7✓
7Big VillageR+4.04.1✓
8SurveyMonkeyR+3.05.1✓
9TargetSmartR+3.05.1✓
10GQRR+2.06.1✓
11YouGovR+1.07.1✓
12Remington Research GroupR+1.07.1✓
13Marist CollegeR+1.07.1✓
14Suffolk UniversityEVEN8.1✗
15Rasmussen ReportsD+1.09.1✗
16Columbus DispatchD+1.09.1✗
17Public Policy PollingD+1.09.1✗
18IpsosD+1.09.2✗
19Monmouth University Polling InstituteD+2.010.1✗
20Impact ResearchD+2.010.1✗
21University of Akron Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied PoliticsD+3.011.1✗
22LucidD+5.013.1✗
23Baldwin Wallace University Community Research InstituteD+8.816.9✗

Forecasters — pre-election win probability, scored by Brier

#ForecasterWin probBrierCalled
1VotePredictor ElectionsRep 75%0.061✓
2Cook PoliticalRep 75%0.062✓
3Sabato's Crystal BallRep 75%0.062✓
4FiveThirtyEightRep 64%0.130✓
5Princeton Election ConsortiumRep 63%0.137✓
6New York TimesRep 54%0.212✓
7Inside ElectionsDem 50%0.250—

The polls behind it

47 polls · newest first
PollsterDateMiss
Gravis Marketing2016-11-052
SurveyMonkey2016-11-045
Rasmussen Reports2016-11-049
Emerson College2016-11-041
YouGov2016-11-037

Frequently asked questions

Who won the 2016 Ohio President race?

Donald Trump (R) won, by about 8.1 points (R+8.1).

When was the 2016 Ohio President election held?

It was held in November 2016.

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