Why Did the Press Get the 2016 Election So Very Wrong?

by Jack Le Moine

From the latest happenings in things historical. The last article in the series The Real Story of 2016 was published 16 days ago in FiveThirtyEight. The article’s author is Nate Silver.

This is the last time I do last year’s election, I promise. This article is an in-depth assessment of how the election was so badly reported, how the pollsters failed to identify the Trump surge, and how the outcome was such a surprise to the experts who should have known better.