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2024 Senate · Minnesota

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

The poll said

Democrat 55% · Republican 38%

D+17.0

The certified result

Democrat 56.20% · Republican 40.50%

D+15.7

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 55 − 38 = 17.00
  2. Actual margin = 56.201 − 40.501 = 15.700
  3. Signed miss = 17.00 − (15.700) = 1.300
  4. Absolute miss = |1.300| = 1.300

The poll overstated the Democrat by 1.3 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 89323, race ID 9516 (538 database).

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