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2024 Governor · Utah

HarrisX · fieldwork ended 2024-10-19 (17 days before the election) · 813 respondents · Online Opt-In Panel

The poll said

Democrat 21% · Republican 61%

R+40.0

The certified result

Democrat 28.46% · Republican 52.89%

R+24.4

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 21 − 61 = -40.00
  2. Actual margin = 28.462 − 52.890 = -24.428
  3. Signed miss = -40.00 − (-24.428) = -15.572
  4. Absolute miss = |-15.572| = 15.572

The poll overstated the Republican by 15.6 points and had the right leader.

Where these numbers come from

Poll and result: 538 governor_polls_historical.csv (archived 2025-03-06). Poll ID 88954, race ID 9544 (538 database).

population: rv