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Reports of the death of polling have been greatly exaggerated

  • Written by Ole J. Forsberg, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Knox College
imagePolls are best guesses, votes are real.AP Photo/Lee Jin-man

The first words anyone spoke to me once the election results came in were “What went wrong?” To which I replied, “I was tired and had trouble tying my tie. I’ll fix it before I get to class.” Far from being sartorially flippant, the point I was making was...

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