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2008 President · NV

Zogby Analytics · fieldwork ended 2008-11-02 (2 days before the election) · 586 respondents · Live Phone

The poll said

Democrat 53% · Republican 42%

D+11.0

The certified result

Democrat 55.15% · Republican 42.65%

D+12.5

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 53 − 42 = 11.00
  2. Actual margin = 55.147 − 42.654 = 12.493
  3. Signed miss = 11.00 − (12.493) = -1.493
  4. Absolute miss = |-1.493| = 1.493

The poll overstated the Republican by 1.5 points and had the right leader.

Where these numbers come from

Poll and result: 538 raw_polls.csv. Poll ID 16398, race ID 737 (538 database).