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2024 President · Maryland

Morning Consult · fieldwork ended 2024-10-15 (21 days before the election) · 490 respondents · Online Opt-In Panel

The poll said

Democrat 64% · Republican 31%

D+33.0

The certified result

Democrat 62.62% · Republican 34.08%

D+28.5

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 64 − 31 = 33.00
  2. Actual margin = 62.619 − 34.083 = 28.536
  3. Signed miss = 33.00 − (28.536) = 4.464
  4. Absolute miss = |4.464| = 4.464

The poll overstated the Democrat by 4.5 points and had the right leader.

Where these numbers come from

Poll and result: 538 president_polls_historical.csv (archived 2025-03-06). Poll ID 88748, race ID 8814 (538 database).

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