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Rethinking reporting on polls in time for midterm elections

  • Written by Stephen Utych, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
Voters beware – not all polls are created the same.AP Photo/Matt York

The Associated Press, a nonprofit news wire published by 1,300 papers and broadcasters, has updated its stylebook to clarify that “poll results that seek to preview the outcome of an election must never be the lead, headline or single subject of any story .”

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