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2010 Governor · FL

Susquehanna Polling & Research Inc. · fieldwork ended 2010-10-20 (13 days before the election) · 1,514 respondents · IVR

The poll said

Democrat 45% · Republican 45%

even

The certified result

Democrat 47.72% · Republican 48.87%

R+1.1

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 45 − 45 = 0.00
  2. Actual margin = 47.722 − 48.871 = -1.149
  3. Signed miss = 0.00 − (-1.149) = 1.148
  4. Absolute miss = |1.148| = 1.148

The poll overstated the Democrat by 1.1 points and showed a tie.

Where these numbers come from

Poll and result: 538 raw_polls.csv. Poll ID 52937, race ID 1281 (538 database).