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2024 President · Florida

RMG Research · fieldwork ended 2024-10-17 (19 days before the election) · 788 respondents · Online Opt-In Panel

The poll said

Democrat 47% · Republican 52%

R+5.0

The certified result

Democrat 42.99% · Republican 56.09%

R+13.1

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 47 − 52 = -5.00
  2. Actual margin = 42.988 − 56.088 = -13.100
  3. Signed miss = -5.00 − (-13.100) = 8.100
  4. Absolute miss = |8.100| = 8.100

The poll overstated the Democrat by 8.1 points and had the right leader.

Where these numbers come from

Poll and result: 538 president_polls_historical.csv (archived 2025-03-06). Poll ID 88769, race ID 8778 (538 database).

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