“For pollsters hoping to accurately forecast an election with Donald Trump at the top of the ticket, the third time may have been the charm — but it was still somewhat unsatisfactory,” Politico reports.
“Opinion researchers swung and missed in 2016 and 2020, systematically underestimating Trump’s level of support. But in 2024, the polls corrected — and both popular vote and swing state results landed within the margin of error for aggregate predictions.”
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