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Election polls in 2020 produced 'error of unusual magnitude,' expert panel finds, without pinpointing cause

  • Written by W. Joseph Campbell, Professor of Communication Studies, American University School of Communication
Election polls in 2020 produced 'error of unusual magnitude,' expert panel finds, without pinpointing causeA voter exits a polling location on Election Day, Nov. 3, 2020 in Fort Worth, Texas. Tom Pennington/Getty Images

More than eight months after the acute polling embarrassment in the 2020 U.S. elections – that produced the sharpest discrepancy between the polls and popular vote outcome since 1980 – survey experts examining what went...

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