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It is really not the case that respondents give bad answers and that is why a poll is inaccurate. Polls are often incorrect because they sample the wrong people.For example, you can poll 1,000 voters, but if the makeup of the people who answer the poll isn't similar to what you expect to turnout on election day then the poll will be flawed from the start. We can get a good idea of what that sample will look like - but at the end of the day there is always guesswork in that sample - and sometimes they just get it wrong.
It is really not the case that respondents give bad answers and that is why a poll is inaccurate. Polls are often incorrect because they sample the wrong people.
For example, you can poll 1,000 voters, but if the makeup of the people who answer the poll isn't similar to what you expect to turnout on election day then the poll will be flawed from the start. We can get a good idea of what that sample will look like - but at the end of the day there is always guesswork in that sample - and sometimes they just get it wrong.
