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2024 President · Missouri

ActiVote · fieldwork ended 2024-10-27 (9 days before the election) · 400 respondents · App Panel

The poll said

Democrat 42% · Republican 58%

R+16.0

The certified result

Democrat 40.08% · Republican 58.49%

R+18.4

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 42 − 58 = -16.00
  2. Actual margin = 40.082 − 58.491 = -18.409
  3. Signed miss = -16.00 − (-18.409) = 2.408
  4. Absolute miss = |2.408| = 2.408

The poll overstated the Democrat by 2.4 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 88984, race ID 8826 (538 database).

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