Pollsters: The Discoverers and Guardians of Public Opinion
Harvard Data Science Review Podcast
The Poles Are Off, but in a Way That the Industry Was Able to Explain
In 20 16, the poles were off, but in a way that the industry was able to explain. Ah, we don't have enough people in our samples who don't have college degrees. In 20 20 you had a state like georgia where the poles were pretty good, and then state like florida where they weren't as good. And there's not a simple demographic explanation like there was in 26 teen. I think we have a very high bar as polsterrs, we are the guardians of public opinion. Right? It's less of an issue of how close we are to the actual le and much more do we pick the right winner?
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