Assertion: presidential poll | /r/HasProperty | accurate
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text: 2016′s presidential polls were about as accurate as average Weighted-average error in polls in final 21 days of the campaign Cycle National State Combined 2016 3.1 5.2 4.8 2012 3.3 3.7 3.6 2008 2.3 3.9 3.6 2004 2.2 3.5 3.2 2000 3.9 4.6 4.4 1996 6.4 4.8 5.3 1992 4.6 5.2 5.1 1988 3.5 5.0 4.6 1984 5.4 4.5 4.7 1980 8.9 8.6 8.6 1976 2.5 3.8 3.4 1972 2.6 4.6 4.3 Average 4.1 4.8 4.6 Pollsters that are banned by FiveThirtyEight because we know or suspect that they faked their data are not included in the averages.