In the final days before the 2020 presidential election, polls generally pointed to a clear victory for now-President Joe Biden. But when the votes were counted, it turned out the polls had ...

Conducting a poll isn’t an exact science. The process is susceptible to lots of common problems and baked-in biases — more than just the “margin of error.” By ...

While staring at the very close 2024 national and battleground-state polls, experienced observers are aware that polling was not exactly accurate in the last two presidential elections. But they were ...

But we don't really live in a randomly arranged universe--of political choices or anything else. There are numerous reasons why a selection becomes non-random. Once a polling company has chosen to ...

In just about any discussion of a poll about the very close presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, you'll hear the ...

Despite polls showing a historically tight contest between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, a significant "Electoral College blowout" is more likely than one might ...

The race is uncertain, but that doesn’t mean the outcome will be close. In the final days before the 2020 presidential election, polls generally pointed to a clear victory for now-President Joe Biden.