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2002 Governor · FL

Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy · fieldwork ended 2002-10-29 (7 days before the election) · 800 respondents · Live Phone

The poll said

Democrat 43% · Republican 51%

R+8.0

The certified result

Democrat 43.16% · Republican 56.01%

R+12.9

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 43 − 51 = -8.00
  2. Actual margin = 43.160 − 56.010 = -12.850
  3. Signed miss = -8.00 − (-12.850) = 4.850
  4. Absolute miss = |4.850| = 4.850

The poll overstated the Democrat by 4.8 points and had the right leader.

Where these numbers come from

Poll and result: 538 raw_polls.csv. Poll ID 54650, race ID 1388 (538 database).