Tag: Zoe Nemerever

Diverse group of people waiting in line to cast their ballots at a polling station during an election day

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 22, 2026

Categorized
Media, Politics

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Andrew Gelman, Andrew Prater, Ann Kim, Eliana DuBosar, Featured, FiftyPlusOne, Jack Sims, Lucy Campbell, Max Greenwood, Median Strategies, Newsweek editors, Noah Goldberg, Polling industry, Polls, Spencer Goidel, Wedgwood polls, Zoe Nemerever}

Information?: Fake Pollster Offers a Real-Life Lesson

_{The tendency to err in a consistent direction is probably due to average industry bias. For that at least, the data seem reliable} _{Denyse O'Leary
October 22, 2026

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Media, Politics}

If information consumers allow a modest correction for consistent pollster bias, we might get a fairly good idea of what might happen in an election.