luthervol
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Yes polling is more accurate.So polling, where you can determine the outcome based on a number of factors, is more accurate than the actual vote count in Counties that have historically predicted the outcome of the Presidential Election for any decades?
You don't have to be special to understand that simple concept, but you do have to be honest.
Where Did All The Bellwether Counties Go?
The Trump era made us rethink a lot about politics and elections in America, including the counties that are useful barometers of the national political environment. And like so many electoral trends, demographics play a major role in explaining why these once-bellwether counties finally missed the mark in 2020.
These former bellwether counties are much whiter and less college-educated than the country as a whole. For instance, Washington County, Maine — the median bellwether county in terms of its share that’s non-Hispanic white — is 89 percent non-Hispanic white, which is much higher than the overall U.S. population that identifies as such (60 percent). It is also not as educated: Just 22 percent of adults 25 or older have a bachelor’s degree or higher, which is substantially lower than the 32 percent who have a college degree nationwide.
