Putting the results in context

Results of a new poll conducted by NYT Upshot were distributed. The poll asked participants from Arkansas for whom they will vote: Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton or Republican candidate Donald Trump.

The poll was conducted. A total of 0 participants responded.

Putting the results in context

Individual polls should be regarded with caution, as they often include substantial biases. At least, one should examine how a poll's results compare to benchmark forecasts.

For the following analysis, we translate the candidates' raw poll numbers into shares of the two-party vote. This procedure yields figures of 89.1% for Clinton and 0.0% for Trump.

Comparison to other polls

When compared to the average results of other polls Clinton performed better with 0.0 percentage points, while Trump did worse with 0.0 percentage points. The most recent PollyVote predicts Clinton to gain 57.1% and Trump % of the two-party vote in Arkansas.

This article was automatically generated by the PollyBot, which uses algorithms developed by AX Semantics to generate text from data stored in our API. The exact dataset underlying this particular article can be found here.

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