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2002 Governor · OH

Columbus Dispatch · fieldwork ended 2002-10-28 (8 days before the election) · 2,048 respondents · Mail

The poll said

Democrat 40% · Republican 58%

R+18.0

The certified result

Democrat 38.31% · Republican 57.76%

R+19.5

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 40 − 58 = -18.00
  2. Actual margin = 38.307 − 57.758 = -19.451
  3. Signed miss = -18.00 − (-19.451) = 1.451
  4. Absolute miss = |1.451| = 1.451

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

Where these numbers come from

Poll and result: 538 raw_polls.csv. Poll ID 54872, race ID 1405 (538 database).