Tag: Polls

President-elect Donald Trump's supporters had spent months looking at the same polls as everybody else. When it turned out those polls were wrong, Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning made for a very, very happy shock. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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Byron York: Trump win shocks even true believers

Byron York · November 9, 2016 11:01 am

The Presidential Polls Weren’t That Far Off

John McCormack · November 9, 2016 7:36 am

Trump got 41 percent of the under-$50K vote, compared to Romney's 38 percent. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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Looking for a clue in the exit polls: It’s those without a college degree

Timothy P. Carney · November 9, 2016 5:21 am

Broken down, the poll found a racial divide regarding opinions on the criminal justice system. (AP Photo/New York Daily News, Jesse Ward, Pool)

Exit poll: Voters split on fairness of criminal justice system

Kelly Cohen · November 9, 2016 1:22 am

Yvonne Slonaker votes at the South Roanoke precinct at Crystal Spring Elementary School in Roanoke, Va., on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. (Erica Yoon/The Roanoke Times via AP)

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Here’s when everyone decided how to vote

Jason Russell · November 8, 2016 10:42 pm

Thirty-six percent of respondents in a new exit poll hoped their fellow Americans elect a "strong leader" to occupy Oval Office. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘Strong leader’ seen as most desirable trait for next president in early exit poll

Gabby Morrongiello · November 8, 2016 8:27 pm

Beware the Bellwether of Vigo County, Indiana

Chris Deaton · November 8, 2016 8:06 pm

Jimmy Carter.

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Carter and Nixon were more popular than either Clinton or Trump

Philip Wegmann · November 8, 2016 6:03 pm

Six Things to Watch For on Election Night

Jonathan V. Last · November 8, 2016 10:15 am

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PARSING THE POLLS, 2016 Prediction: A Big Electoral College Win for Hillary

Timothy P. Carney · November 8, 2016 1:36 am

Three-quarters of registered voters in the Garden State do not have a favorable view of New Jersey's Republican Gov. Chris Christie, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton poll released Monday. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Christie plummets to new low: 3-in-4 New Jersey residents view him unfavorably

Anna Giaritelli · November 7, 2016 11:24 pm

Is Trump Gaining Among Black Voters?

Whitney Blake · November 7, 2016 9:33 pm