The real lesson for the US elections from Brexit — watch the polls!

In the wake of the surprising Brexit vote in the UK, headlines around the globe have declared potential lessons for the US. presidential election—populist movements across the world taking back their countries, an angry working class rejecting the status quo, and Donald Trump at the center of the same sentiments here in the US.

Time will tell whether any of these prognostications actually prove true, but at least one real lesson for the US elections is already clear—many people (including the media) are caught off guard because they misinterpret polls. CONT.

John H. Johnson (Edgeworth Economics), The Hill

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