FAQ: Why you can be largely confident in public political polling

… We have dubbed this article an FAQ — responses to frequently asked questions — but, in the modern style of political discourse, it’s really meant to be an FOC — a debunking of frequently offered complaints. Those who deal with polling regularly, like me, hear thematically consistent complaints and disparagements about the credibility of polling. This article is meant to answer as many of those complaints as possible. CONT.

Philip Bump, Washington Post