Polling Roundtable Pt 1
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November 3, 1948. Dewey Defeats Truman!, reads the bold front page headline of the Chicago Daily Tribune. But, of course, he had not. The polls had gotten it wrong. And if you keep up with the media, you might think polls continue getting it wrong. But do they? Are polls scientific? Are polls reliable?
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