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2024 Senate · Michigan

Glengariff Group Inc. · fieldwork ended 2024-10-24 (12 days before the election) · 600 respondents · Live Phone

The poll said

Democrat 46.2% · Republican 42.5%

D+3.7

The certified result

Democrat 48.64% · Republican 48.30%

D+0.3

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 46.2 − 42.5 = 3.70
  2. Actual margin = 48.639 − 48.298 = 0.341
  3. Signed miss = 3.70 − (0.341) = 3.359
  4. Absolute miss = |3.359| = 3.359

The poll overstated the Democrat by 3.4 points and had the right leader.

Where these numbers come from

Poll and result: 538 senate_polls_historical.csv (archived 2025-03-06). Poll ID 88994, race ID 9515 (538 database).

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