Most Americans view election surveys with both anticipation and skepticism. The sheer number and the potential for defective or biased polling make poll watching a challenging and time-consuming endeavor.
I clearly wasn't alone: RCP's polling averages became widely accepted across the media landscape. But there was a problem. Establishment polling elites objected to RCP's unfiltered results.
The Times saw this as something of a conspiracy designed to create 'a narrative of unstoppable momentum' for Trump 'that could undermine faith in the entire [electoral] system.'
Rather, in their great wisdom, legacy news organizations 'adjust their models to give less weight' to surveys they decide are biased - or simply ignore them.
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