Reading the polls? Keep the grains of salt handy

The belated arrival of the party nominating conventions brought with it a slew of polls measuring where voters stand on the presidential race, and the conventional wisdom around those polls suggests they all say the same thing: Joe Biden is ahead of Donald Trump by a margin that’s generally larger than is seen at this stage of the race. …

Public pollsters often release polling around major events, but rarely is there a convergence as there was in the week leading up to the convention. Nearly every major media outlet with a polling operation released numbers, as did two prominent independent pollsters. That timing allows for a more direct comparison of what these polls are finding about the state of the race. CONT.

Jennifer Agiesta, CNN

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