“With few useful indicators of what is actually happening at the polls, rumors and misinformation can run rampant,” says Assistant Professor of Government Brendan Nyhan in a New York Times Upshot blog about how to avoid getting fooled on election night. His words of advice: “First, beware of exit polls. While they can be a useful way to estimate the composition of the electorate, they are less reliable as a forecasting metric, especially if something goes wrong.”
Read the full opinion piece, published 11/3/14 by The New York Times.
