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2024 Senate · New Jersey

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

The poll said

Democrat 56% · Republican 38%

D+18.0

The certified result

Democrat 53.61% · Republican 43.99%

D+9.6

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 56 − 38 = 18.00
  2. Actual margin = 53.611 − 43.990 = 9.621
  3. Signed miss = 18.00 − (9.621) = 8.379
  4. Absolute miss = |8.379| = 8.379

The poll overstated the Democrat by 8.4 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 89325, race ID 9522 (538 database).

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