The 'science' of polling is broken - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Last week the state went for Trump by 13 points.
49% : "They're literally one out of a hundred."One paragon of the random sampling method -- the highly respected Iowa pollster Ann Selzer -- shocked politicos and thrilled Harris supporters by releasing a poll the weekend before the election indicating that Harris led Trump in Iowa by three points.
48% : This led to the seemingly accurate results in the swing states because "these models basically said, 'This vote will be like the last vote,' and in some places that was more or less true but with a small tilt toward Trump," notes Bailey.
43% : Loudon County, Va., a short commute from Washington, D.C., and home to the country club wing of the government bureaucracy, swung nearly 10 points toward Trump.

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