VotePredictor
past elections

Virginia Governor

Terry R. McAuliffe (D) vs Glenn Youngkin (R)

Actual result
R+1.9
Final polls said
R+0.8
16 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+2.1
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
1InsiderAdvantageR+2.00.1
2KAConsultingR+2.00.1
3VotePredictorR+2.10.1
4Trafalgar GroupR+2.30.4
5Research Co.R+1.00.9
6Echelon InsightsR+3.01.1
7CygnalEVEN1.9
8Monmouth University Polling InstituteEVEN1.9
9co/efficientR+4.02.1
10Suffolk UniversityD+0.42.3
11Emerson CollegeD+0.92.8
12The Washington Post/George Mason University Schar School of Policy and GovernmentD+1.02.9
13Roanoke College Institute for Policy and Opinion ResearchD+1.02.9
14Christopher Newport University Wason Center for Civic LeadershipD+1.02.9
15RepassR+5.03.1
16Targoz Market ResearchD+3.04.9
17Virginia Commonwealth University L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public AffairsD+3.04.9
18YouGovD+3.04.9
19Global Strategy GroupD+3.04.9
20Public Policy PollingD+3.04.9
21Schoen Cooperman ResearchD+4.05.9
22Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. ResearchR+8.06.1
23Data for ProgressD+5.06.9

Polls (33)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Research Co.2021-10-31450R+1.01
Trafalgar Group2021-10-301081R+2.30
Targoz Market Research2021-10-29747D+3.05
InsiderAdvantage2021-10-29500R+2.00
Echelon Insights2021-10-28611R+3.01
Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. Research2021-10-261015R+8.06
Suffolk University2021-10-23500D+0.42
The Washington Post/George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government2021-10-23918D+1.03
Emerson College2021-10-22875D+0.93
Roanoke College Institute for Policy and Opinion Research2021-10-21571D+1.03
Christopher Newport University Wason Center for Civic Leadership2021-10-21944D+1.03
co/efficient2021-10-20785R+4.02
KAConsulting2021-10-20661R+2.00
Cygnal2021-10-20816EVEN2
Monmouth University Polling Institute2021-10-181005EVEN2
Virginia Commonwealth University L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs2021-10-15722D+3.05
Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. Research2021-10-12726D+5.07
Trafalgar Group2021-10-121095R+0.91
Schoen Cooperman Research2021-10-11500D+4.06
Data for Progress2021-10-101589D+5.07
YouGov2021-10-081040D+3.05
Emerson College2021-10-02620R+0.12
Christopher Newport University Wason Center for Civic Leadership2021-10-01802D+4.06
Beacon Research/Shaw & Co. Research2021-09-28901D+4.06
Monmouth University Polling Institute2021-09-24801D+5.07
Roanoke College Institute for Policy and Opinion Research2021-09-19603D+7.09
KAConsulting2021-09-18700D+4.06
Global Strategy Group2021-09-18600D+3.05
Public Policy Polling2021-09-17875D+3.05
Emerson College2021-09-13778D+3.25
Virginia Commonwealth University L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs2021-09-11731D+9.011
Repass2021-09-10528R+5.03
The Washington Post/George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government2021-09-10728D+3.05