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2024 President · Florida

Research Co. · fieldwork ended 2024-11-03 (2 days before the election) · 450 respondents · Online Opt-In Panel

The poll said

Democrat 44% · Republican 51%

R+7.0

The certified result

Democrat 42.99% · Republican 56.09%

R+13.1

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 44 − 51 = -7.00
  2. Actual margin = 42.988 − 56.088 = -13.100
  3. Signed miss = -7.00 − (-13.100) = 6.100
  4. Absolute miss = |6.100| = 6.100

The poll overstated the Democrat by 6.1 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 89321, race ID 8778 (538 database).

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