Are political polls accurate? Tips to better understand polling ahead of Election Day

Many Ohio polls show the state is leaning blue ahead of the November midterm election, but trust can vary among voters who have seen polling fail before.

Polls can change minute to minute, because people are unpredictable, said Robert Alexander, political science professor at Bowling Green State University.

“All polls are really snapshots in time. And even as we talk right now, there’s a lot of noise around some political advertising around the Acton-Ramaswamy campaigns,” Alexander said. “And then that might change things in a moment in time, and then things could get stable again a week from now.”

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