Wednesday, October 26, 2016

A lesson from the past about presidential polls

In 1980, Jimmy Carter was 9 points ahead of Ronald Reagan. Then, on election night, Reagan won by a landslide .  Read a little history as explained by Rush Limbaugh, it's a fascinating lesson on the meaning of polls.  Of course polling is much more accurate now. Why just a few months ago, polls predicted that Brexit would go down to defeat. Of course it won.

There's no telling at this point which candidate will win the coming election, but reading a little history is educational.

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