{"id":101731,"date":"2016-11-15T15:42:13","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T20:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2016\/11\/15\/video-why-2016-election-polls-missed-their-mark\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:14:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:14:40","slug":"video-why-2016-election-polls-missed-their-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/methods\/2016\/11\/15\/video-why-2016-election-polls-missed-their-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Why 2016 election polls missed their mark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The results of the 2016\u00a0presidential election came as a surprise to nearly everyone who had been following the national and state election polling, which consistently projected Hillary Clinton as defeating Donald Trump. Hear from Pew Research experts on what might have happened, and what&#8217;s being done going forward.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information, read this accompanying <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2016\/11\/09\/why-2016-election-polls-missed-their-mark\/\">Fact Tank blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why 2016 election polls missed their mark\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sfBAPn7-hDg?feature=oembed&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The results of the 2016 presidential election came as a surprise to nearly everyone who had been following the national and 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