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What will pollsters do after 2016?

  • Written by Jason Husser, Director of the Elon University Poll, Elon University
imageWhat will polling look like in the future?Person taking survey via shutterstock.com

Clinton defeated Trump much like Dewey defeated Truman. Both election results were dramatic surprises because pre-election polls created expectations that didn’t match the final outcomes.

Many polls were very accurate. For example, the polling averages in Virgin...

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