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To the media: The margin of error is as important as the poll results (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by an_onanist to c/politicalhumor

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

I don't think that's correct. Even when the margin of error is high relative to the difference between the politicians, the poll still provides some non-zero amount of information about which candidate is ahead. If the results are 49% vs 51% with a margin of error of +-5%, you should still bet on the candidate with 51% if you have to bet.

Now my pet peeve is when the media presents national polls as if they are the right polls to look at in order to predict which candidate will win. They should look at just the swing states!