2016 Distilled
Are Polls Less Relevant Than Ever?
Feb 09, 2016
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What’s wrong with polls lately? Over the past couple years—both in the United States and abroad—election polling has seen a number of noteworthy failures. From the 2014 midterm elections to as recently as the 2016 Iowa caucuses, inaccurate polling results have undermined the credibility of once tried-and-tested survey methods.
What’s driving this trend of inaccuracy? Which polls can be trusted? The Atlantic’s Caty Green sits down with our polling expert Andrew McGill to find out.
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Authors: Greyson Korhonen, Daniel Lombroso, Catherine Green
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