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Actually the polls were by States and Trump won in States the pollsters claimed he would lose and lose big. Why? Because they all had 5 to 10 percent undecided in the poll and did NOT take that into consideration on election days those undecided went to TRUMP in a HUGE way. In almost every State poll Hillary Clinton got the percent of the vote the polls said she would. The problem was that percent was 46 to 47 percent.WOW....
Talk about a back handed slap!
After a Tough 2016, Many Pollsters Haven’t Changed Anything
So the reason the polls were wrong is because they counted more Educated people and supposedly
most Democrats are more "educated" hence more positives for Hillary in 2016!
and I quote...
"Nearly all of the private pollsters interviewed for this article have, at minimum, begun to do something about education. There is widespread agreement that the industry failed to properly represent less educated white voters, and that this was part of why last year’s polls were too favorable to Democrats."
After a Tough 2016, Many Pollsters Haven’t Changed Anything
What a bunch of egotistical, truly uninformed people!
Maybe if they didn't ask more Democrats then GOP that might help.
BUT maybe more importantly is this FACT!!!
Most of us Trump "deplorables" were ridiculed. Were poked fun of by the MSM/entertainment,...liberals..Dems!
As a result we shut up when talking politics. We voted behind the curtain. PROOF of where I speak?
Poll: 71% of Americans Say Political Correctness Has Silenced Discussions Society Needs to Have, 58% Have Political Views They’re Afraid to Share
The Cato 2017 Free Speech and Tolerance Survey, a new national poll of 2,300 U.S. adults, finds that 71% Americans believe that political correctness has silenced important discussions our society needs to have. The consequences are personal—58% of Americans believe the political climate prevents them from sharing their own political beliefs.
Democrats are unique, however, in that a slim majority (53%) do not feel the need to self-censor.
Conversely, strong majorities of Republicans (73%) and independents (58%) say they keep some political beliefs to themselves.
Poll: 71% of Americans Say Political Correctness Has Silenced Discussions Society Needs to Have, 58% Have Political Views They’re Afraid to Share
So when will the pollsters LEARN? The biased MSM poked fun at over 60 million people that voted for Trump.
Called us "anti-immigrant'...(DUH Trump married an immigrant!...I had 40 million have "LEGAL immigrant relatives!)... to this day on this board truly uninformed people who spout opinions based on nothing FEEL not think people like me are "uneducated"! "Uneducated"!
Which polls were wrong?
Really?
Before election day, they were showing a sustained but narrowing lead for Hillary Clinton. The Telegraph's poll tracker, which was based on an average of the last five polls published on RealClearPolitics, showed Clinton leading with three percentage points over Trump.
American statistics and polling analysis site FiveThirtyEight gave Trump a 30 per cent chance of victory going into the final few days. This chance - the same as winning at rock, paper, scissors - was generous compared to other forecasters.
How wrong were the polls in predicting the US election and why did they fail to see Trump's win?
Trump won the electoral college. The polls don't poll electors. The polls only poll the popular vote.