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2022 Governor · NH

co/efficient · fieldwork ended 2022-10-25 (14 days before the election) · 1,098 respondents · IVR/Text

The poll said

Democrat 34% · Republican 52%

R+18.0

The certified result

Democrat 41.47% · Republican 56.98%

R+15.5

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 34 − 52 = -18.00
  2. Actual margin = 41.472 − 56.985 = -15.513
  3. Signed miss = -18.00 − (-15.513) = -2.487
  4. Absolute miss = |-2.487| = 2.487

The poll overstated the Republican by 2.5 points and had the right leader.

Where these numbers come from

Poll and result: 538 raw_polls.csv. Poll ID 81324, race ID 8973 (538 database).