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past elections

South Carolina Governor

James Emerson Smith (D) vs Henry McMaster (R)

Actual result
R+8.0
Final polls said
R+16.2
1 late poll · ✓
Model predicted
R+24.4
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
1Trafalgar GroupR+16.28.2
2VotePredictorR+24.416.4

Polls (3)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Trafalgar Group2018-10-303792R+16.28
Trafalgar Group2018-10-134830R+23.415
Trafalgar Group2018-09-282692R+14.06