Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
Can you trust US polls?
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Yes, you can trust US polls

The case for trusting US polls: that they publish estimates with stated uncertainty rather than predictions, and that their errors are decomposed, published and corrected in a way no rival source of belief about public opinion can match.

Supporting arguments · 2

  1. Polls are judged against a claim they do not make
  2. The failures are identified, measured and corrected in public