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Toss-up · 2016 President
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
| # | Pollster | Final call | Miss | Called |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emerson College | R+6.7 | 1.4 | ✓ |
| 2 | Gravis Marketing | R+6.0 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| 3 | Quinnipiac University | R+5.0 | 3.1 | ✓ |
| 4 | Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. Research | R+5.0 | 3.1 | ✓ |
| 5 | Selzer & Co. | R+5.0 | 3.1 | ✓ |
| 6 | Trafalgar Group | R+4.4 | 3.7 | ✓ |
| 7 | Big Village | R+4.0 | 4.1 | ✓ |
| 8 | SurveyMonkey | R+3.0 | 5.1 | ✓ |
| 9 | TargetSmart | R+3.0 | 5.1 | ✓ |
| 10 | GQR | R+2.0 | 6.1 | ✓ |
| 11 | YouGov | R+1.0 | 7.1 | ✓ |
| 12 | Remington Research Group | R+1.0 | 7.1 | ✓ |
| 13 | Marist College | R+1.0 | 7.1 | ✓ |
| 14 | Suffolk University | EVEN | 8.1 | ✗ |
| 15 | Rasmussen Reports | D+1.0 | 9.1 | ✗ |
| 16 | Columbus Dispatch | D+1.0 | 9.1 | ✗ |
| 17 | Public Policy Polling | D+1.0 | 9.1 | ✗ |
| 18 | Ipsos | D+1.0 | 9.2 | ✗ |
| 19 | Monmouth University Polling Institute | D+2.0 | 10.1 | ✗ |
| 20 | Impact Research | D+2.0 | 10.1 | ✗ |
| 21 | University of Akron Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics | D+3.0 | 11.1 | ✗ |
| 22 | Lucid | D+5.0 | 13.1 | ✗ |
| 23 | Baldwin Wallace University Community Research Institute | D+8.8 | 16.9 | ✗ |
Forecasters — pre-election win probability, scored by Brier
| # | Forecaster | Win prob | Brier | Called |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VotePredictor Elections | Rep 75% | 0.061 | ✓ |
| 2 | Cook Political | Rep 75% | 0.062 | ✓ |
| 3 | Sabato's Crystal Ball | Rep 75% | 0.062 | ✓ |
| 4 | FiveThirtyEight | Rep 64% | 0.130 | ✓ |
| 5 | Princeton Election Consortium | Rep 63% | 0.137 | ✓ |
| 6 | New York Times | Rep 54% | 0.212 | ✓ |
| 7 | Inside Elections | Dem 50% | 0.250 | — |
The polls behind it
47 polls · newest firstPollsterDateSampleMiss
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.