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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
- 21
- Mean absolute error
- 5.22percentage points
- Historical bias
- R+0.31
- Represented cycles
- 51998–2016
- Current archive
- 0canonical records
- History span
- Oct 20, 1998through Nov 3, 2016
Known names and relationships
- Known aliases
- No additional reviewed aliases
- Organization type
- Single canonical organization
- Cycles represented
- 1998 · 2000 · 2002 · 2004 · 2016
21 eligible historical polls across 5 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
21 shown · 21 total
| Cycle | Race | Type | Field end | Sample | Poll | Result | Error |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2016_Pres-G_US | Pres-G | 2016-11-03 | 1,009 | D+3.2 | D+2.1 | D+1.1 |
| 2016 | 2016_House-G_US | House-G | 2016-11-03 | 1,009 | R+1.6 | R+1.1 | R+0.5 |
| 2004 | 2004_Pres-G_NE | Pres-G | 2004-10-18 | 1,007 | R+29.0 | R+33.3 | D+4.3 |
| 2004 | 2004_House-G_NE-3 | House-G | 2004-10-18 | 251 | R+78.0 | R+76.9 | R+1.1 |
| 2004 | 2004_House-G_NE-2 | House-G | 2004-10-18 | 503 | R+30.0 | R+24.9 | R+5.0 |
| 2004 | 2004_House-G_NE-1 | House-G | 2004-10-18 | 253 | R+4.0 | R+11.2 | D+7.2 |
| 2002 | 2002_Gov-G_MA | Gov-G | 2002-10-31 | 465 | D+1.0 | R+4.8 | D+5.8 |
| 2002 | 2002_Gov-G_MA | Gov-G | 2002-10-26 | 465 | D+6.0 | R+4.8 | D+10.8 |
| 2002 | 2002_Sen-G_ME | Sen-G | 2002-10-25 | 300 | R+28.0 | R+16.9 | R+11.1 |
| 2002 | 2002_House-G_ME-2 | House-G | 2002-10-25 | 302 | D+1.0 | D+4.0 | R+3.0 |
| 2002 | 2002_Gov-G_ME | Gov-G | 2002-10-25 | 300 | D+10.0 | D+5.7 | D+4.3 |
| 2000 | 2000_Pres-G_NH | Pres-G | 2000-10-31 | 487 | D+1.0 | R+1.3 | D+2.3 |
| 2000 | 2000_Pres-G_ME | Pres-G | 2000-10-29 | 602 | 0 | D+5.1 | R+5.1 |
| 2000 | 2000_Sen-G_NE | Sen-G | 2000-10-26 | 1,007 | D+12.0 | D+2.2 | D+9.8 |
| 2000 | 2000_Pres-G_NE | Pres-G | 2000-10-26 | 1,007 | R+25.0 | R+29.0 | D+4.0 |
| 2000 | 2000_Sen-G_MA | Sen-G | 2000-10-25 | 400 | D+49.0 | D+59.9 | R+10.9 |
| 2000 | 2000_Pres-G_MA | Pres-G | 2000-10-25 | 400 | D+24.0 | D+27.3 | R+3.3 |
| 1998 | 1998_Gov-G_MA | Gov-G | 1998-10-28 | 402 | R+9.0 | R+3.4 | R+5.6 |
| 1998 | 1998_House-G_NH-2 | House-G | 1998-10-26 | 183 | R+15.0 | R+8.4 | R+6.6 |
| 1998 | 1998_Gov-G_NE | Gov-G | 1998-10-22 | 831 | R+14.0 | R+7.9 | R+6.1 |
| 1998 | 1998_Gov-G_MA | Gov-G | 1998-10-20 | 402 | R+5.0 | R+3.4 | R+1.6 |
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.
Poll data via VoteHub, used under CC BY 4.0. Poll data from The New York Times, used under CC BY 4.0.