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Why polls seem to struggle to get it right – on elections and everything else

  • Written by Daniel Alexander, Professor of Mathematics, Drake University
imageWhere are the people really going?kewl/flickr, CC BY

I am a professor of mathematics, so my ears perk up when I hear someone say that polls seem inaccurate.

The public understandably focuses on polling results and how much these results seem to vary. Take two presidential approval polls from March 21. Polling firm Rasmussen Reports reported that 50...

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