Election 2024: Should You Believe the Polls? We Ask a UNH Expert
The data is seemingly everywhere. On the front page of newspapers around the country. Slowly crawling along the ticker of cable news channels. Blasted out on social media at an increasingly rapid rate. As the 2024 presidential election draws closer, political poll information has become truly ubiquitous.
But prevalence and accuracy are two entirely different things, says UNH expert Andrew Smith. And he recommends employing a healthy dose of skepticism when viewing poll results ahead of the big day.