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2010 Governor · CA

Public Policy Polling · fieldwork ended 2010-10-22 (11 days before the election) · 622 respondents · IVR

The poll said

Democrat 53% · Republican 42%

D+11.0

The certified result

Democrat 53.77% · Republican 40.88%

D+12.9

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 53 − 42 = 11.00
  2. Actual margin = 53.770 − 40.885 = 12.885
  3. Signed miss = 11.00 − (12.885) = -1.885
  4. Absolute miss = |-1.885| = 1.885

The poll overstated the Republican by 1.9 points and had the right leader.

Where these numbers come from

Poll and result: 538 raw_polls.csv. Poll ID 32676, race ID 1278 (538 database).