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2012 Senate · OH

Columbus Dispatch · fieldwork ended 2012-10-28 (9 days before the election) · 1,501 respondents · Mail

The poll said

Democrat 51% · Republican 45%

D+6.0

The certified result

Democrat 50.70% · Republican 44.70%

D+6.0

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 51 − 45 = 6.00
  2. Actual margin = 50.701 − 44.700 = 6.001
  3. Signed miss = 6.00 − (6.001) = -0.001
  4. Absolute miss = |-0.001| = 0.001

The poll overstated the Republican by 0.0 points and had the right leader.

Where these numbers come from

Poll and result: 538 raw_polls.csv. Poll ID 30673, race ID 1494 (538 database).