It’s been a bad year for polls. They were wrong in forecasting a close vote in the Greek referendum last month, wrong in overstating the Labour Party’s strength in the British elections in May, off in predicting the outcomes in the Israeli election, and off in the Scottish independence referendum last September. …
This is troubling news for the staffers, candidates, consultants, and partisans who — even if they try to deny it — have become more obsessed with polls in recent the last two election cycles than ever before. CONT.
Marin Cogan, New York Magazine
Recent polls: Presidential preference