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The Transparency Initiative That Isn’t

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The Transparency Initiative That Isn’t
Voters cast ballots at the Trucksville United Methodist Church polling station during the 2018 Pennsylvania Primary Election in Trucksville, Penn., on May 15, 2018. Mark Makela/Getty Images
Bruce Abramson
Jeff Ballabon
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A recent Washington Post article about how polling works reveals something that all insiders know, but that the broader public may not: There are many steps between raw data (i.e., the tally of responses) and a published poll.
Bruce Abramson, Ph.D., J.D., is president of the strategic consultancy Informationism, Inc. and a director of the American Center for Education and Knowledge. He pioneered the use of large-scale simulations and statistical analysis in AI systems. He is the author of five books, most recently “The New Civil War: Exposing Elites, Fighting Utopian Leftism, and Restoring America” (RealClear Publishing, 2021).
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