Miscellaneous Thoughts on Polling

Originally published at: Miscellaneous Thoughts on Polling - TPM – Talking Points Memo

I wanted to share with you a few ideas, possible insights and caveats about campaign polls. These aren’t original to me in most cases, just some general points, observations, etc. First, herding: Herding is the phenomenon in which even professional, good-faith polling operations start grouping together in the latter stages of a campaign because you…