Problems With Polls - The Polls Are Broken
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Problems With Polls - The Polls Are Broken
The polls in the headlines are alarming ... but polls have been way off in the past few years. This website documents some of the huge discrepancies between polling predictions and the actual results; notes some reasons for those errors; and suggests some other indicators that may offer a better sense of how the candidates are doing. The site's main message: don't panic - take action instead.
I was inspired to create this site after posting some of this information in various threads on MetaFilter.
The polls in the headlines are alarming ... but polls have been way off in the past few years. This website documents some of the huge discrepancies between polling predictions and the actual results; notes some reasons for those errors; and suggests some other indicators that may offer a better sense of how the candidates are doing. The site's main message: don't panic - take action instead.
I was inspired to create this site after posting some of this information in various threads on MetaFilter.
Role: website builder (Drupal), content author, researcher
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posted by brainwane at 9:16 AM on October 25 [1 favorite]