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The prevalence of Republican-leaning polls in recent weeks is raising questions about their effect on the overall polling average as the presidential race between Vice President Harris and former President Trump.
Surveys from pollsters that lean toward one party are a regular occurrence in presidential contests along with independent polling.
In recent weeks, however, GOP-leaning polls have flooded the zone, fueling speculation that they could be skewing perceptions of the race. But experts note their average models have methodologies in place to prepare for this.
“When you look across all the averages, the net effect is less than a point, if you take out the Republican polls, or the partisan ones, so to speak,” said Scott Tranter, the director of data science for Decision Desk HQ. “So I don’t necessarily think it’s a huge thing there.”
Polling in general has been picking up as Election Day approaches — and in particular surveys from Republican-affiliated firms. Various averages include several polls from Republican-leaning pollsters or with Republican-leaning sponsors while not as many from Democratic-leaning pollsters.
Surveys from pollsters that lean toward one party are a regular occurrence in presidential contests along with independent polling.
In recent weeks, however, GOP-leaning polls have flooded the zone, fueling speculation that they could be skewing perceptions of the race. But experts note their average models have methodologies in place to prepare for this.
“When you look across all the averages, the net effect is less than a point, if you take out the Republican polls, or the partisan ones, so to speak,” said Scott Tranter, the director of data science for Decision Desk HQ. “So I don’t necessarily think it’s a huge thing there.”
Polling in general has been picking up as Election Day approaches — and in particular surveys from Republican-affiliated firms. Various averages include several polls from Republican-leaning pollsters or with Republican-leaning sponsors while not as many from Democratic-leaning pollsters.