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Pluralistic: When prophecy fails, election polling edition (26 Sep 2024)


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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on September 26, 2024October 1, 2024Categories UncategorizedTags elections, fivethirtyeight, george gallup, history, Lost in a Gallup, nate silver, past performance is no guarantee of future results, polling, pollsters, prognostication, rick perlstein, uspoli, W Joseph Campbell3 Comments on Pluralistic: When prophecy fails, election polling edition (26 Sep 2024)

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