Globe poll: Trump and Sanders see their leads slip, while Clinton and Rubio rise

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3. Boston Globe article on how bad polls are.

On Friday, the firm Public Policy Polling released a survey saying that 30 percent of Republican voters nationwide would support bombing “Agrabah,’’ a fictional kingdom featured in the Disney movie “Aladdin.’’

The obsession over polls comes at a time when they may be less accurate, with some notable errors over the past several election cycles. In 2012, Romney’s campaign was confidant in the general election against President Obama based on its own internal polling, but it underestimated turnout for traditionally Democratic constituencies.

Most of the preelection polling in the Kentucky governor’s race last month showed Democrat Jack Conway with a slight lead; Republican Matt Bevin won by 9 points.

One major challenge for pollsters is ensuring they capture the sentiments of voters, particularly younger and poorer ones, who no longer have hard-wired telephone lines and only use cellphones.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2015/12/25/explosion-polling-early-primary-states-fueling-obsession-with-horse-race-politics/8bIVSb392uRqr9eSIgFsyM/story.html

I say enough with recent polls