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2024 House · New York

Siena · fieldwork ended 2024-02-06 (7 days before the election) · 694 respondents · Live Phone

The poll said

Democrat 48% · Republican 44%

D+4.0

The certified result

Democrat 53.92% · Republican 45.88%

D+8.0

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 48 − 44 = 4.00
  2. Actual margin = 53.922 − 45.883 = 8.039
  3. Signed miss = 4.00 − (8.039) = -4.039
  4. Absolute miss = |-4.039| = 4.039

The poll overstated the Republican by 4.0 points and had the right leader.

Where these numbers come from

Poll and result: 538 house_polls_historical.csv (archived 2025-03-06). Poll ID 85894, race ID 10014 (538 database).

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