VotePredictor
past elections

Texas Governor

Beto O'Rourke (D) vs Greg Abbott (R)

Actual result
R+10.9
Final polls said
R+8.8
8 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
R+12.0
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
1CWS ResearchR+11.00.1
2BSP Research/Shaw & Company ResearchR+12.01.1
3VotePredictorR+12.01.1
4Emerson CollegeR+9.71.2
5Siena CollegeR+9.01.9
6YouGovR+13.02.1
7CiviqsR+8.02.9
8Quinnipiac UniversityR+7.03.9
9Texas Hispanic Policy FoundationR+7.03.9
10University of Texas at Tyler Center for Opinion ResearchR+6.04.9
11ActiVoteR+6.04.9
12Marist CollegeR+4.06.9
13Beacon ResearchR+3.07.9

Polls (17)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
CWS Research2022-11-04786R+11.00
YouGov2022-10-231200R+13.02
University of Texas at Tyler Center for Opinion Research2022-10-21973R+6.05
YouGov2022-10-19817R+7.04
Emerson College2022-10-181000R+9.71
Siena College2022-10-18649R+9.02
Beacon Research2022-10-171264R+3.08
BSP Research/Shaw & Company Research2022-10-15930R+12.01
YouGov2022-10-12883R+11.00
Civiqs2022-10-10791R+8.03
Marist College2022-10-051058R+4.07
Quinnipiac University2022-09-241327R+7.04
ActiVote2022-09-21722R+6.05
Emerson College2022-09-211000R+7.93
Siena College2022-09-16651R+7.04
Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation2022-09-101172R+7.04
University of Texas at Tyler Center for Opinion Research2022-09-101268R+9.02