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2024 Senate · Washington

PPP · fieldwork ended 2024-10-17 (19 days before the election) · 571 respondents · IVR/Text · partisan sponsor (DEM)

The poll said

Democrat 53% · Republican 38%

D+15.0

The certified result

Democrat 59.09% · Republican 40.64%

D+18.4

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 53 − 38 = 15.00
  2. Actual margin = 59.086 − 40.636 = 18.450
  3. Signed miss = 15.00 − (18.450) = -3.450
  4. Absolute miss = |-3.450| = 3.450

The poll overstated the Republican by 3.5 points and had the right leader.

Where these numbers come from

Poll and result: 538 senate_polls_historical.csv (archived 2025-03-06). Poll ID 88766, race ID 9533 (538 database).

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