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2026-10-09 20:02
10 years after the 2016 election: Were the polls really that wrong?
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Democrats appear headed toward a big victory. But a small polling error could mean a dramatically different outcome.
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The 2016 election shattered many Americans’ confidence in political polling, but were the polls really that bad? The Hill's Bill Sammon and Chris Stirewalt explain what the numbers actually showed and the crucial signal much of the political world missed.
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