As Americans await election results, many are looking to the polls for answers. JUMP TO: MARGIN OF ERROR l PHONE/DIGITAL l OUTLIER POLLS Dr. Andy Smith, from the University of New Hampshire Survey ...

Those results were within our poll’s margin of error, meaning we were correct to declare it “too close to call” – and we would have been wrong to say Clinton was ahead. 2024 will be a ...

"The polling industry is going through what I would call a paradigm shift, where we're moving from the types of methods that worked 30, 40 years ago and don't really work anymore," Smith said.

Conversely, larger samples can reduce the margin of error, improving the precision of the measure. More on polls: How to tell if a political poll is skewed.

The Lakers (22-18) have an 11-18 record against teams with records of .500 or better after Sunday’s 116-102 loss, and they got a good look at a team that embraces its defensive identity.

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According to the latest figures the two major party presidential campaigns filed with the Federal Election Commission, Harris hauled in $97 million during the first half of October.