{"id":255,"date":"2025-11-21T00:30:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T00:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wokeantifa.org\/videos\/why-have-polls-underestimated-donald-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T19:48:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:48:30","slug":"why-have-polls-underestimated-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wokeantifa.org\/videos\/why-have-polls-underestimated-donald-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Why have polls underestimated Donald Trump?"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Omr--kXDLEg?autoplay=1&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<br> We\u2019re in an era where the people most likely to respond to a poll are also the most likely to vote Democratic for president. Pew Research Center\u2019s head methodologist, Courtney Kennedy, explains how pollsters are tackling this challenge to make samples as representative as possible.\n\nCreative Director &#038; Story Editor: Kimberly Arias \nExecutive Producer &#038; Story Editor: Sara Atske \nResearch &#038; Story Editor: Courtney Kennedy \nAnimation Director: Fabian Tejada \nDesign: Jesus Cardenas \nVideo: Antonio Villaronga \nSound Editing: Chris Mastellone \nThanks to: Andrea Caumont, Nida Asheer, Ashley Amaya, Peter Bell, David Kent, Stacy Rosenberg, Mithila Samak and Blythe Thomas \n\nABOUT PEW RESEARCH CENTER \nPew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. Pew Research Center does not take policy positions. 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