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What the 2016 Presidential Election taught us about polling, predictions

It’s been nearly two weeks since Donald Trump won the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, becoming the country’s 45th president-elect. Trump claimed victory with the majority of the electoral votes (290 to Hillary Clinton’s 232); Clinton won the popular...

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