Statistician Nate Silver criticized pollsters during a Thursday podcast for “cheating” through a practice called “herding,” where polling results tend to align with each other.
Battleground state polling shows former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris locked in an extremely tight race, with the former president slightly leading in five of the top seven, according to the RealClear Polling averages. Silver, on his “Risky Business” podcast, suggested polls this cycle may be inaccurate as it is unlikely they would all yield such similar results.