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How accurate we are

On average, our polls came closer than the other pollsters, and closer than polls usually do.

Picked the winner

Us84%Polls since 199878%

27 of 32 general-election races

How far off: us vs. other pollsters

Us5 pointsOther pollsters6 points

Average points off in the 14 races we both polled. We came closer in 8.

How far off: us vs. polls since 1998

Us5 pointsPolls since 19986 points

Average points between each poll’s margin and the actual vote, in our general-election races.

Primaries: we picked the winner in 8 of 10. In the 4 races other pollsters also polled, we missed by 10 points on average and they missed by 14.

From 31 general-election polls and 5 primary polls, each published before Election Day.

Polls since 1998: Silver Bulletin’s database of polls in the last three weeks before an election.

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