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An embarrassing failure for election pollsters

  • Written by W. Joseph Campbell, Professor of Communication Studies, American University School of Communication
An embarrassing failure for election pollstersWatching the presidential election returns on election night in retirement community of The Villages, Florida.Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images

Election polling is facing yet another reckoning following its uneven-at-best performance in this year’s voting.

Although the outcome in the 2020 presidential race remained uncertain the next day,...

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