Thursday, November 08, 2012

Comparison of final national polls for 2012 presidential election

Margin of Error has a comparison of how 26 different polls did at predicting the national popular vote for president.
  • Best Performers (in order) :   
    • You Gov,   Reuters/Ipsos,   Daily KOS/ SEIU/PPP,   PPP
  • Worst Performers (in order):  
    • Gallup,   Rasmussen,   NPR - overestimated Romney
    • UT / National Journal - overestimated Obama
The Monkey Cage has a similar comparison without the margin of error ranges

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