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2024 House · Michigan

Glengariff Group Inc. · fieldwork ended 2024-10-16 (20 days before the election) · 400 respondents · Live Phone

The poll said

Democrat 43.6% · Republican 47.4%

R+3.8

The certified result

Democrat 44.99% · Republican 51.13%

R+6.1

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 43.6 − 47.4 = -3.80
  2. Actual margin = 44.995 − 51.125 = -6.130
  3. Signed miss = -3.80 − (-6.130) = 2.331
  4. Absolute miss = |2.331| = 2.331

The poll overstated the Democrat by 2.3 points and had the right leader.

Where these numbers come from

Poll and result: 538 house_polls_historical.csv (archived 2025-03-06). Poll ID 88839, race ID 9747 (538 database).

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