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Are the polls worth your attention?

26 September 2020

2:57 AM

26 September 2020

2:57 AM

The polls are predicting Donald Trump will lose in November — again. Is it worth paying them attention? Pollsters have adjusted their models to try to avoid the mistakes of 2016, but the COVID-19 pandemic leaves little room for certainty.

The problem in 2016 was an overall lack of polling in battleground states — especially polls with more rigid, proven methods.

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