US pollsters taking heat – again – for failing to predict Trump triumph
by Robert Tait in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6S17P)
Polling experts called on to explain surveys that showed Trump and Harris deadlocked in a race deemed too close to call
US pollsters are under fire for the third presidential election running for failing to foresee Donald Trump's emphatic ballot box triumph that will propel him back to the White House.
Having seriously underestimated Trump's support in the 2016 and 2020 elections, polling agencies trumpeted a recalibrated methodology for 2024 that was meant to more realistically reflect his standing while restoring their own credibility.
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