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past elections

California Governor

Gavin Newsom (D) vs Brian Dahle (R)

Actual result
D+18.4
Final polls said
D+20.6
5 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+21.2
Winner
Dem

"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
1YouGovD+19.00.6
2Public Policy Institute of CaliforniaD+19.00.6
3Research Co.D+20.01.6
4University of California Berkeley Institute of Governmental StudiesD+21.02.6
5VotePredictorD+21.22.9
6SurveyUSAD+22.03.6
7ActiVoteD+22.03.6
8University of Southern California Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global PolicyD+24.05.6

Polls (8)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Research Co.2022-11-05450D+20.02
University of Southern California Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy2022-11-01802D+24.06
University of California Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies2022-10-285972D+21.03
YouGov2022-10-19860D+19.01
Public Policy Institute of California2022-10-181111D+19.01
SurveyUSA2022-10-091013D+22.04
University of California Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies2022-09-246939D+21.03
ActiVote2022-09-12200D+22.04