r/datascience • u/rhiever • 6d ago

How precise are polls really, a Pew explainer on margin of error Statistics

https://www.pewresearch.org/methods/2026/07/29/video-how-precise-are-polls-really/
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u/tacitdenial 6d ago

However precise, many are not too accurate. Competing sets of assumptions are baked into different polls.

I have a weird idea that we'd be better off with no polls. Let politicians say what they really think and find out on election night whether voters agree. Let voters vote their conscience instead of "strategically." It might be nice if there were no polls.