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2024 Senate · Missouri

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

The poll said

Democrat 43% · Republican 54%

R+11.0

The certified result

Democrat 41.84% · Republican 55.57%

R+13.7

The arithmetic

  1. Poll margin = 43 − 54 = -11.00
  2. Actual margin = 41.840 − 55.572 = -13.732
  3. Signed miss = -11.00 − (-13.732) = 2.732
  4. Absolute miss = |2.732| = 2.732

The poll overstated the Democrat by 2.7 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 89324, race ID 9518 (538 database).

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