It is weird that so many people who rely on public polling for their jobs are instantly willing to trash the industry with damaging statements like these, instead of trying to calmly and transparently explain what went wrong and work toward better polls in the future.
https://twitter.com/SeanTrende/status/1326174032664928256
Like, if part of the answer to "why aren't people taking surveys?" is "because people in the media trash them and say they are biased and aren't good for anything," then it's weird that people who know better would actively participate in the industry's demise
For posterity's sake,
(1) Here is our first cut at how the polls/models missed support for Trump, again: economist.com/united-states/…
(2) Here is what we're going to do differently next time: economist.com/united-states/…
(1) Here is our first cut at how the polls/models missed support for Trump, again: economist.com/united-states/…
(2) Here is what we're going to do differently next time: economist.com/united-states/…
With some charts: 
It will take a group effort to restore the ability for polls to take the pulse of democracy, and to restore the public's confidence in that eventuality. As one pollster said to me the other day, "we must all hang together, or we will hang separately."
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