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2024 House · Nebraska

YouGov · fieldwork ended 2024-10-28 (8 days before the election) · 406 respondents · Online Matched Sample

The poll said

Democrat 39% · Republican 53%

R+14.0

The certified result

Democrat 39.90% · Republican 60.10%

R+20.2

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 39 − 53 = -14.00
  2. Actual margin = 39.896 − 60.104 = -20.208
  3. Signed miss = -14.00 − (-20.208) = 6.208
  4. Absolute miss = |6.208| = 6.208

The poll overstated the Democrat by 6.2 points and had the right leader.

Where these numbers come from

Poll and result: 538 house_polls_historical.csv (archived 2025-03-06). Poll ID 89078, race ID 9773 (538 database).

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