I got called by a pollster years ago and heard an audible sigh on the line when I gave my answers. It was obvious that I wasn't giving the answers they were hoping for...
On the morning of the election, the Telegraph's electoral college vote tracker showed that Clinton was predicted to win 206 electoral college votes while Trump was expected to get 164. The remaining 168 were toss-ups from states like Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania that were too close to call.
This compared to a final result of Trump gaining 306 electoral votes compared to Clinton's 232.
It's important to note that not all polls were predicting a Clinton win. Over the last two months, 10 polls published on Real Clear Politics gave Trump the lead.
Nine of these were from from the LA Times, and one was from Fox - out of a total of 93 polls between 8 September and 8 November.
The LA Times said that one reason they believe their polling was successful was because they didn't underestimate Trump's support, as their online system captured people's will better than phone polls.
They said: "Trump voters were notably less comfortable about telling a telephone pollster about their vote. Voters who backed a third-party candidate were even less comfortable responding to a poll. Women who said they backed Trump were particularly less likely to say they would be comfortable talking to a pollster about their vote."
The LA Times was the only polling company to see these "forgotten men and women" and consistently predict Trump's win.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/09/how-wrong-were-the-polls-in-predicting-the-us-election/
i hope lil thingy wingy & his perpetually triggrd palz keep swallowing the fake newz poll pablum they r fed
it makez their endless whining & crying so much moar njoyable
