• softcat@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    The biggest, wealthiest, most advanced polling firms in the US couldn’t get it right either, horrendously so in recent memory. I don’t think that’s down to conspiracy, but how to weight your samples when so many people don’t want to answer a phone call from an unusual number.

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      3 days ago

      I know a lot of firms missed on the 2016 election, but the last two (plus the midterms) have all been within the margin of error.