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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
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).