When polling goes awry: Emerson College predicts a photo finish, Andy Beshear wins by 5 lengths

 

Or percentage points, if you will.

Headline:  Emerson Polling

Election results:  New York Times

Emerson Polling had the candidates knotted at 47%.   Nearly on the mark for Cameron but a big miss in Beshear's case.

Perhaps we should all take this recent Emerson presidential poll (October 16-17) with a grain of salt.

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It's now very clear:  Reproductive rights remains a powerful and motivating issue in elections.  (11/8/2023)

From the "it remains to be seen" school of journalism, as practiced here by two New York Times reporters.