What the Biggest Political Polling Mistakes in History can Teach us about Surveys | Cvent Blog
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What the Biggest Political Polling Mistakes in History can Teach us about Surveys | Cvent Blog

Polls have been used to try and predict the outcome of important political races for centuries. The first poll was a modest straw poll conducted by the Harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper in attempt to determine the 1824 presidential election. Today, as we approach the 2014 mid-term elections, our national attention has turned the ever-increasing number of polls devoted to forecasting election results on the local, state, and federal level.

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