What the 2024 polls got right — and what they got wrong

Polls weren’t perfect in 2024, but they were more right than wrong — especially given the polling industry’s challenges and recent misses.

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What the 2024 polls got right — and what they got wrong

Polls weren’t perfect in 2024, but they were more right than wrong — especially given the polling industry’s challenges and recent misses.
Top stories - NBC News - 5 hours ago
Yes, Trump is awful. But if there’s a silver lining, it’s a chance for progressives to reflect on what they got wrong | Simon Jenkins

The president-elect benefited from working-class hostility to a remote elite. Liberals need to reargue their case. Yes, we all know it looks terrible. We have heard what Donald Trump has promised ...
World - The Guardian - November 8
How Kuhn is 'showing Celtic what he's got'

Nicolas Kuhn is described as the outstanding player in Scottish football this season after his two-goal display in Celtic's 3-1 Champions League win over RB Leipzig.
Top stories - BBC News - November 6
Why We Got It So Wrong

It turns out a lot of people don’t behave like ambassadors from this or that group. They think for themselves in unexpected ways.
Top stories - The New York Times - November 15
Election Deniers Got What They Wanted. They’re Still Going

They spent four years building nationwide networks and pushing election conspiracies. Despite Donald Trump’s win, many of them are still committed.
Tech - Wired - November 19
How Kamala Harris and the media got it so wrong

Indeed, the best way to sum up the election is to suggest that unless there is a fundamental change in the Democratic Party and the media, there could continue to be erosions of interest in not ...
Politics - The Hill - November 11
Tories got immigration wrong, says Kemi Badenoch

The new Tory leader says she would impose a cap on the numbers allowed to enter the UK if she was in power.
Top stories - BBC News - 2 days ago