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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 ...

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 ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. When pollsters, journalists, and pundits want to signal that an opinion poll may not be right on target, they often turn ...

When pollsters screw up their predictions—as so many of them have in recent election years—they like to say that the results were “well within the margin of ...

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