Article contentThere was so much uncertainty surrounding Tuesday’s U.S. election, it was almost reassuring to note one clear message: the pollsters blew it. Try refreshing your browser, or Kelly McParland: The media needs to kick its polling addiction Back to videoThat it failed is pretty much a universal conclusion, as some sample headlines attest:CBC: “How the polls got it wrong — again.”Washington Times: “Pollsters, once again, are utterly, completely wrong”New York Post: “The pollsters were wrong, again. It topped a report by the venerable journalist and broadcaster Alistair Cooke regarding the 1980 presidential contest between challenger Ronald Reagan and incumbent Jimmy Carter. That must have been one difficult race to misread, given that Reagan ended with 489 electoral college votes to Carter’s 49. So overwhelming was Carter’s whomping that he had to be dissuaded from conceding defeat even before the TV networks formally declared the result.

Source: National Post November 06, 2020 18:11 UTC