US Elections: Why Were the Polls Wrong? – BBC Newsnight

Polls suggested a landslide for Democratic candidate Joe Biden – but President Donald Trump has surpassed poll forecasts. Why were the polls wrong again in the U.S. election? Subscribe here:

In terms of turnout, it has been a historic vote. President Donald Trump has fared better than the 2016 in the 2020 U.S. election: he has garnered more votes and increased his share of the vote. Democratic candidate Joe Biden received more than 70 million votes, the largest candidate in U.S. election history. Who is Trump targeting this time? And who helped Joe Biden? Newsnight diplomatic director Mark Urban has examined the distribution of voters in the U.S. presidential election. Just as the polls in 2016 were wrong about Hillary Clinton, why were the polls wrong this time around? Along with Emily Maitlis are Republican voter poll Frank Lunz and Daily Beast editor Goldie Taylor. .

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