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2004 President · WA

SurveyUSA · fieldwork ended 2004-10-16 (17 days before the election) · 634 respondents · IVR

The poll said

Democrat 52% · Republican 45%

D+7.0

The certified result

Democrat 52.82% · Republican 45.64%

D+7.2

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 52 − 45 = 7.00
  2. Actual margin = 52.821 − 45.640 = 7.181
  3. Signed miss = 7.00 − (7.181) = -0.181
  4. Absolute miss = |-0.181| = 0.181

The poll overstated the Republican by 0.2 points and had the right leader.

Where these numbers come from

Poll and result: 538 raw_polls.csv. Poll ID 4669, race ID 802 (538 database).