Decision 2012 – Grading the “major” pollsters

[longknife]

by JMC Enterprises of Louisiana

Earlier this year, we had evaluated the performance of the “major” pollsters during the 2010 elections. Now that the 2012 elections are largely behind us, we thought we would revisit that analysis.

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[jwoodie]

It seems that the variation in poll results was primarily due to different assumptions regarding voter turnout.

 

[Seawytch]

Nate Silver got every state correct. Geeky numbers guys rule!