Everyone seems to have internalized the habit of yelling about polls after elections, so it’s understandable if you didn’t notice that the good ones gave us a pretty good picture of what would happen in the 2022 midterm elections. As a pollster myself, I was frustrated by the narrative that emerged after the election that polls didn’t do well. Problem is, the polls didn’t all do well. …
What’s happened is that most pundits have lost the long-term view of the polling industry and are instead chasing after the shiny new thing, forgetting to assess polls on their merits rather than on the last two cycles. CONTINUED
Natalie Jackson, National Journal
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