2024 Senate · Nevada
Patriot Polling · fieldwork ended 2024-11-03 (2 days before the election) · 792 respondents · IVR/Text
The poll said
Democrat 51% · Republican 47.9%
D+3.1
The certified result
Democrat 47.87% · Republican 46.22%
D+1.6
The arithmetic
- Poll margin = 51 − 47.9 = 3.10
- Actual margin = 47.866 − 46.223 = 1.643
- Signed miss = 3.10 − (1.643) = 1.457
- Absolute miss = |1.457| = 1.457
The poll overstated the Democrat by 1.5 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 89296, race ID 9521 (538 database).
population: rv