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2024 President · New Jersey

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

The poll said

Democrat 57% · Republican 40%

D+17.0

The certified result

Democrat 51.97% · Republican 46.06%

D+5.9

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 57 − 40 = 17.00
  2. Actual margin = 51.974 − 46.065 = 5.909
  3. Signed miss = 17.00 − (5.909) = 11.090
  4. Absolute miss = |11.090| = 11.090

The poll overstated the Democrat by 11.1 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 89325, race ID 8851 (538 database).

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