Harris Insights & Analytics
Historical accuracy is measured against certified results. Current-cycle records come from the canonical, deduplicated archive and do not by themselves change the sealed forecast.
- Historical polls
- 182
- Mean absolute error
- 5.05percentage points
- Historical bias
- R+1.11
- Represented cycles
- 81998–2020
- Current archive
- 0canonical records
- History span
- Oct 20, 1998through Nov 1, 2020
Known names and relationships
- Known aliases
- No additional reviewed aliases
- Organization type
- Single canonical organization
- Cycles represented
- 1998 · 2000 · 2002 · 2004 · 2006 · 2008 · 2018 · 2020
182 eligible historical polls across 8 represented cycles passed the published history identity checks. Historical bias is descriptive and is kept separate from sponsor or client affiliation.
Current-cycle records
Archive source date 2026-09-09 · bundled copy. Archive records may be newer than the sealed forecast; inclusion here does not mean the forecast uses them.
0 shown · 0 total
No record in the currently authorized canonical archive is attached to this identity.
This is not evidence that the pollster released no 2026 polling; the source-audit gaps remain documented.
Eligible historical observations
32 shown · 182 total
| Cycle | Race | Type | Field end | Sample | Poll | Result | Error |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1998_Gov-G_MA | Gov-G | 1998-10-30 | 1,083 | R+11.0 | R+3.4 | R+7.6 |
| 1998 | 1998_Gov-G_IL | Gov-G | 1998-10-30 | 847 | R+14.0 | R+3.6 | R+10.4 |
| 1998 | 1998_Gov-G_GA | Gov-G | 1998-10-30 | 1,408 | R+7.0 | D+8.4 | R+15.4 |
| 1998 | 1998_Gov-G_FL | Gov-G | 1998-10-30 | 2,819 | R+17.0 | R+10.6 | R+6.5 |
| 1998 | 1998_Gov-G_CA | Gov-G | 1998-10-30 | 5,735 | D+11.0 | D+19.6 | R+8.6 |
| 1998 | 1998_Gov-G_AZ | Gov-G | 1998-10-30 | 850 | R+17.0 | R+25.4 | D+8.4 |
| 1998 | 1998_Sen-G_WA | Sen-G | 1998-10-20 | 831 | D+13.0 | D+16.8 | R+3.8 |
| 1998 | 1998_Sen-G_PA | Sen-G | 1998-10-20 | 1,611 | R+32.0 | R+26.6 | R+5.5 |
| 1998 | 1998_Sen-G_OH | Sen-G | 1998-10-20 | 1,793 | R+18.0 | R+12.9 | R+5.1 |
| 1998 | 1998_Sen-G_NY | Sen-G | 1998-10-20 | 1,792 | R+2.0 | D+10.5 | R+12.5 |
| 1998 | 1998_Sen-G_NC | Sen-G | 1998-10-20 | 1,163 | D+9.0 | D+4.1 | D+4.9 |
| 1998 | 1998_Sen-G_MD | Sen-G | 1998-10-20 | 911 | D+40.0 | D+41.0 | R+1.0 |
| 1998 | 1998_Sen-G_IN | Sen-G | 1998-10-20 | 831 | D+36.0 | D+28.9 | D+7.1 |
| 1998 | 1998_Sen-G_IL | Sen-G | 1998-10-20 | 1,209 | R+14.0 | R+2.9 | R+11.1 |
| 1998 | 1998_Sen-G_GA | Sen-G | 1998-10-20 | 1,174 | R+16.0 | R+7.2 | R+8.8 |
| 1998 | 1998_Sen-G_FL | Sen-G | 1998-10-20 | 2,295 | D+29.0 | D+24.9 | D+4.1 |
| 1998 | 1998_Sen-G_CO | Sen-G | 1998-10-20 | 614 | R+18.0 | R+27.5 | D+9.5 |
| 1998 | 1998_Sen-G_CA | Sen-G | 1998-10-20 | 4,531 | D+1.0 | D+10.1 | R+9.1 |
| 1998 | 1998_Sen-G_AZ | Sen-G | 1998-10-20 | 732 | R+48.0 | R+41.6 | R+6.4 |
| 1998 | 1998_Gov-G_TX | Gov-G | 1998-10-20 | 3,248 | R+51.0 | R+37.1 | R+13.9 |
| 1998 | 1998_Gov-G_PA | Gov-G | 1998-10-20 | 1,611 | R+48.0 | R+26.4 | R+21.6 |
| 1998 | 1998_Gov-G_OH | Gov-G | 1998-10-20 | 1,793 | R+11.0 | R+5.4 | R+5.6 |
| 1998 | 1998_Gov-G_NY | Gov-G | 1998-10-20 | 1,792 | R+24.0 | R+21.1 | R+2.9 |
| 1998 | 1998_Gov-G_MI | Gov-G | 1998-10-20 | 1,535 | R+15.0 | R+24.4 | D+9.4 |
| 1998 | 1998_Gov-G_MD | Gov-G | 1998-10-20 | 911 | R+13.0 | D+10.3 | R+23.3 |
| 1998 | 1998_Gov-G_MA | Gov-G | 1998-10-20 | 907 | R+20.0 | R+3.4 | R+16.6 |
| 1998 | 1998_Gov-G_IL | Gov-G | 1998-10-20 | 1,209 | R+18.0 | R+3.6 | R+14.4 |
| 1998 | 1998_Gov-G_GA | Gov-G | 1998-10-20 | 1,174 | R+5.0 | D+8.4 | R+13.4 |
| 1998 | 1998_Gov-G_FL | Gov-G | 1998-10-20 | 2,295 | R+16.0 | R+10.6 | R+5.5 |
| 1998 | 1998_Gov-G_CO | Gov-G | 1998-10-20 | 614 | D+3.0 | R+0.6 | D+3.6 |
| 1998 | 1998_Gov-G_CA | Gov-G | 1998-10-20 | 4,531 | D+11.0 | D+19.6 | R+8.6 |
| 1998 | 1998_Gov-G_AZ | Gov-G | 1998-10-20 | 732 | R+20.0 | R+25.4 | D+5.4 |
Method · historical final-three-week D/R general-election rows plus verified historical supplement; min n=5
Definition · bias_D is poll D-R margin minus actual D-R margin; positive overstates Democrats.
A missing sample, sponsor or source is labeled unavailable; it is never reconstructed.
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