About Those Polls…

<p>Nate Cohn, an expert on polling for The New York Times, knows that the predictions for the 2016 presidential election were bad.</p><p>But this year, he says, they were even worse.</p><p>So, what happened?</p><p>Nate talks us through a few of his theories and considers whether, after two flawed performances, polling should be ditched.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/nate-cohn" target="_blank"><strong>Nate Cohn,</strong></a><strong> </strong>a domestic correspondent for The Upshot at The New York Times, speaks to us about the polls and breaks down the election results. </p><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">nytimes.com/thedaily </a></p><p><br /></p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>As the results rolled in on Tuesday night, so did a strong sense of déjà vu. Pre-election polls, it appeared,<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/04/us/politics/poll-results.html?searchResultPosition=3" target="_blank"> had been misleading once again</a>.</li><li>Leading Republicans — including Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader — have<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/us/politics/republicans-trump-concede-2020-election.html" target="_blank"> backed President Trump’s refusal to concede</a>.</li></ul>