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Why Is a Pole Used to Predict an Election?
There's lots of stuff that can go wrong in using a pole to predict an election outcome. So why not use these things as rough indicators in our journalism? Instead of expecting poles to provide lazier accuracy at forecasting elections, or pegging the support of americans. Let's use them like, you know, like politicians use them, i would say, re just rough indicators of public opinion and then move on from there.