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2024 President · Indiana

ActiVote · fieldwork ended 2024-10-28 (8 days before the election) · 400 respondents · App Panel

The poll said

Democrat 42.3% · Republican 57.7%

R+15.4

The certified result

Democrat 39.62% · Republican 58.58%

R+19.0

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 42.3 − 57.7 = -15.40
  2. Actual margin = 39.623 − 58.581 = -18.958
  3. Signed miss = -15.40 − (-18.958) = 3.558
  4. Absolute miss = |3.558| = 3.558

The poll overstated the Democrat by 3.6 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 89015, race ID 8797 (538 database).

population: lv