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2000 President · MI

SurveyUSA · fieldwork ended 2000-10-21 (17 days before the election) · 600 respondents · IVR

The poll said

Democrat 47% · Republican 46%

D+1.0

The certified result

Democrat 51.28% · Republican 46.15%

D+5.1

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 47 − 46 = 1.00
  2. Actual margin = 51.280 − 46.146 = 5.134
  3. Signed miss = 1.00 − (5.134) = -4.134
  4. Absolute miss = |-4.134| = 4.134

The poll overstated the Republican by 4.1 points and had the right leader.

Where these numbers come from

Poll and result: 538 raw_polls.csv. Poll ID 75506, race ID 828 (538 database).