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2024 President · Missouri

Research Co. · fieldwork ended 2024-11-03 (2 days before the election) · 450 respondents · Online Opt-In Panel

The poll said

Democrat 39% · Republican 54%

R+15.0

The certified result

Democrat 40.08% · Republican 58.49%

R+18.4

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 39 − 54 = -15.00
  2. Actual margin = 40.082 − 58.491 = -18.409
  3. Signed miss = -15.00 − (-18.409) = 3.408
  4. Absolute miss = |3.408| = 3.408

The poll overstated the Democrat by 3.4 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 89324, race ID 8826 (538 database).

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