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2020 Senate · GA

Targoz Market Research · fieldwork ended 2021-01-01 (4 days before the election) · 713 respondents · Online Panel

The poll said

Democrat 51% · Republican 49%

D+2.0

The certified result

Democrat 51.04% · Republican 48.96%

D+2.1

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 51 − 49 = 2.00
  2. Actual margin = 51.040 − 48.960 = 2.080
  3. Signed miss = 2.00 − (2.080) = -0.080
  4. Absolute miss = |-0.080| = 0.080

The poll overstated the Republican by 0.1 points and had the right leader.

Where these numbers come from

Poll and result: 538 raw_polls.csv. Poll ID 73959, race ID 7781 (538 database).