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acbabis
on Nov 9, 2016
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Donald Trump Is Elected President
But I thought Hillary was leading in polls. Also, how would you know how many people lied in the polls?
chillacy
on Nov 9, 2016
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Pollsters weight responses by demographic and then multiply by the expected turnout of that demographic. They messed up the expected turnout on trump supporters: his supporters were more enthusiastic to vote.
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