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U.S. President Joe Biden mingles with diners at Hannibal’s Kitchen in Charleston, S.C., in January 2024. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Don’t count Biden out: January polls are historically unreliable

Matthew Lebo, Western University

Despite what January polls suggest, in a Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden rematch in November, a result similar to 2020 would be probable: a big Biden vote lead and tight state-by-state battles.
Supporters on election night 2016 at a Hillary Clinton party, when it became clear poll-based forecasts had been off target. Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Why Americans are so enamored with election polls

W. Joseph Campbell, American University School of Communication

Polling is an imperfect attempt at providing insight and explanation. But the public’s desire for insight and explanation about elections never ends, so polls endure despite their flaws and failures.
A Facebook ad referenced in the indictment charging Russians in a plot to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. AP/Jon Elswick

Nazis and communists tried it too: Foreign interference in US elections dates back decades

Bradley W. Hart, California State University, Fresno

Russians have been charged with interfering with the 2016 US presidential election. If true, it’s not an isolated incident. Twice before, foreign powers tried to influence who won the Oval Office.

Related Topics

  1. 2020 US elections
  2. Barack Obama
  3. Donald Trump
  4. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  5. Joe Biden
  6. presidential polling
  7. Teddy Roosevelt
  8. Thomas E. Dewey

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