Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
Can you trust US polls?
Position‹2 of 2

No, you cannot trust US polls

The case against trusting US polls: that collapsing response rates have left samples self-selected on the very traits being measured, and that weighting and turnout models decide the result while the published error covers neither.

Supporting arguments · 2

  1. Non-response has broken the link between the sample and the population
  2. Weighting decides the answer, and its assumptions are not in the stated error