We’ve been beating up the polls since, well, the pollsters started taking 2024 election polls. Many people I’ve talked to, in and out of the media, have commented that the polls say one thing, and their instincts, their guts, say something else. As this presidential election concludes – only hours, really, until the big day dawns – we’re taking stock of what those instincts are telling us. For a lot of us, they’re telling us that this race isn’t really as close as the polls tell us.
Fox News senior analyst Brit Hume recently described how people used to assess elections before polling exploded into the industry it is today, and as always, he has some interesting things to say.
Earlier this week, Brit Hume, Fox News chief political analyst, who has covered his fair share of presidential elections, recalled how reporters used to assess a political…