I've long felt that presidential polling this year has been a fool's exercise. My belief was, and still is, that the bulk of Trump voters would NOT tell the truth to pollsters. A strong feeling that a corrupt Democrat Party machine would use the polling to dispatch thugs to punish and persuade. A sort of "BREXIT" polling parallel. Well, it turns out, I was not alone:
How the pollsters got the US election wrong - just like Brexit
"Having spectacularly got the Brexit referendum result wrong, the polling organisations’ predictions for the US presidential election also appear to have gone awry."
"Donald Trump has performed far better than had been expected by most polling companies."
The Republican candidate repeatedly dismissed the polls as "phony".
"Nearly all the pollsters had Mrs Clinton ahead of Mr Trump, with NBC for example giving the former First Lady enjoying a five-point lead as Americans went to the polls."
"Clinton entered polling day leading by five points nationally in the latest CNN/ORC poll, and by three points in CNN's most recent poll of polls."
How the pollsters got the US election wrong - just like Brexit
"Having spectacularly got the Brexit referendum result wrong, the polling organisations’ predictions for the US presidential election also appear to have gone awry."
"Donald Trump has performed far better than had been expected by most polling companies."
The Republican candidate repeatedly dismissed the polls as "phony".
"Nearly all the pollsters had Mrs Clinton ahead of Mr Trump, with NBC for example giving the former First Lady enjoying a five-point lead as Americans went to the polls."
"Clinton entered polling day leading by five points nationally in the latest CNN/ORC poll, and by three points in CNN's most recent poll of polls."
