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Election 2016 and the rampant abuse of data

By Timothy P. Carney
Published September 6, 2016 11:25pm ET
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Election 2016 and the rampant abuse of data
All of this data is useless at best and dishonest and misleading at worst. (AP Photo/Ryan Van Velzer, File) | Ryan Van Velzer

Trump is trailing Hillary Clinton in Texas, in a two-way poll conducted by the Washington Post over the past month.

This result is indispensible to those following the 2016 election — as a reminder of how easy it is to misuse data.

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