A Monmouth University poll of Iowa released Monday showed Trump tied with Carson for first place — though Trump
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They keep saying that, when in reality, Trump was 5 points ahead of Carson in that Poll. Since the margin of error was 5 points, they called it a tie. Had Carson been 5 points ahead of Trump, would they have called it a tie? I doubt it very much.
Besides all that, there has been a more recent poll, by the same organization, that shows Trump way ahead of Carson.
It was a tie: That's the meaning of the margin of error. Claiming that 46% is greater than 41% in a poll with an MOE of 5% is simply untrue. They are the same number for all purposes.
Math education in this country is the first thing President Carson is going to have to address.