How pollsters are trying to fix election polls after 2020

Polls in the final weeks of the 2020 election campaign were farther off the mark from actual election results on average than any election polls in decades, according to a new task force report released Monday. From the American Association for Public Opinion Research, the analysis suggests partisan differences in who chooses to take polls – presenting challenges for pollsters trying to avoid similar problems in the future.

Discussion Questions

1. What can poll-takers do to be more accurate?

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