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Can You Trust Election Polls?

October 15, 2024

During election season, polls tell us who’s ahead in races and voters’ opinions. But the way polls are conducted is changing. According to Pew Research Center, 61% of national pollsters made changes in their polling methods between 2016 and 2022. That includes the emergence of online opt-in polling. Andrew Mercer is a principal methodologist at Pew. He joins Soledad O’Brien to explain how the new polling method could produce misleading results. 

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