polls

On the one hand, we should all acknowledge that the pre-election polls were fairly accurate.

Pre-election polls are never good at — nor were they designed to be good at — predicting turnout, and by definition can’t account for late deciders.

For example, while white evangelical Protestants are only 14% of the general population, the early exit polls indicate that they may have represented as many as one in five voters.

The site gained attention in recent weeks after bettors put Trump's odds of winning the Nov. 5 presidential election sharply higher than those of Vice President Kamala Harris, despite opinion polls that showed a much closer race.

Reuters reports that Google searches for "move to Canada" surged 1,270% in the 24 hours after polls closed on the East Coast.