2024 President · Florida
Cygnal · fieldwork ended 2024-10-28 (8 days before the election) · 600 respondents · Live Phone/Text-to-Web
The poll said
Democrat 43.1% · Republican 48.2%
R+5.1
The certified result
Democrat 42.99% · Republican 56.09%
R+13.1
The arithmetic
- Poll margin = 43.1 − 48.2 = -5.10
- Actual margin = 42.988 − 56.088 = -13.100
- Signed miss = -5.10 − (-13.100) = 8.000
- Absolute miss = |8.000| = 8.000
The poll overstated the Democrat by 8.0 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 89125, race ID 8778 (538 database).
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