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2024 Governor · North Carolina

SurveyUSA · fieldwork ended 2024-10-26 (10 days before the election) · 853 respondents · Online Opt-In Panel

The poll said

Democrat 52% · Republican 37%

D+15.0

The certified result

Democrat 54.90% · Republican 40.08%

D+14.8

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 52 − 37 = 15.00
  2. Actual margin = 54.895 − 40.084 = 14.811
  3. Signed miss = 15.00 − (14.811) = 0.189
  4. Absolute miss = |0.189| = 0.189

The poll overstated the Democrat by 0.2 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 89010, race ID 9502 (538 database).

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