Current polling techniques were developed in countries with universal landline telephones and populations that answered the phone.
Many freepers have posted of gleefully lying to pollsters.
Caller ID is a wonderful thing.
Pray America is waking
No. They just don't want to be targeted by vicious marxists.
They are blinded by the agenda they seek to promote. And the "erroneous" results are intended to present that agenda as a fait accompli. In the past it has worked. But with a more informed -- and increasingly dissatisfied -- electorate, the old scams don't work as well any more.
The pollsters tried to make trends, not report them. THAT was their failure.
They “failed” in that they did not throw the election the way they wanted.
Translation: British Pollsters Failed in the Increasingly Difficult Struggle to Sway People Left.
AR-Sen 17 point actual Republican margin of victory versus 8 point lead in the polls
AZ-Gov 12 versus 7
GA-Sen 8 versus 3
IL-Gov 5 versus -2 (i.e., the polls showed the Democratic to be ahead)
KS-Sen 11 versus -1
KY-Sen 16 versus 7
LA-Sen 12 (in the run-off) versus 5 (pre-first round)
MD-Gov 5 versus -5
ME-Gov 5 versus 0
SD-Sen 21 versus 12
VA-Sen -1 versus -8
In other closely-monitored races, the difference between the actual result and the predicted was within the Margin of Error, sometimes to the Republican’s advantage and sometimes to the Democrat’s. But, in NO case was there an outcome outside of the Margin of Error in the Democrat’s favor.
BOTTOM LINE: Even if the Republican is indicated to be down by twice the Margin of Error on the eve of the election, he still has a chance of winning. Therefore, as Jimmy Valvano said, Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.