Headline Roundup November 10, 2016
Why the Polls Failed
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The Washington Post
Trump’s poll and forecast-defying victory Tuesday immediately raised criticisms of a crisis in public opinion polling, with CNN anchor Jake Tapper saying the result would put the polling and voter projection industry “out of business.”
The American Spectator
“Things are seldom what they seem.” So sings the aging “Buttercup” in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance. Similarly, the opinions and preferences that respondents reveal to pollsters are sometimes falsely reported.
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Pre-election polls underestimated support for Donald Trump -- and now there's a crisis of confidence in polling and media circles.
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