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I leave work and I see Clinton is the probable winner. I drive home, get some dinner, and I get a text from the WSJ that stock futures are crashing because Trump might win?!? What the friggin hell pollsters? I get the feeling some explaining on the part of the newspapers and new networks is in order.

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Well, the reason we still have the election instead of just polling people is because the polls aren't always accurate.

Polls don't tell you who will vote.

60% of a state may be for one candidate, but if only 80% of them go out to vote, the other candidate will win.

That's what we're seeing here today.

80% turnout. Hahaha.

Fair, that would be way too high. I was really meaning to reference relative turnout for each candidate. That is, which party or candidate is better at actually getting their voters to do their job and vote.

For poll statistics this is like cigarettes not causing cancer moment

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