Hawaii: Dead heat between Trump and Clinton in new NYT Upshot poll
NYT Upshot published the results of a new poll. In this poll, interviewees from Hawaii were asked for whom they will vote: Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton or Republican candidate Donald Trump.
NYT Upshot poll results
The poll was carried out . The sample size was 0 participants.
Putting the results in context
As a general rule, however, one should not have too much faith in the results of single polls, because they can contain large errors. At the very least, one should check how a poll's results compare to benchmark forecasts.
In order to make the results comparable to forecasts from other methods, one can convert them into two-party vote shares. The resulting figures are 1.2% for Clinton and 0.0% for Trump.
Comparison to other polls
In comparison to the average results of other polls Clinton performed worse with 0.0 percentage points, while Trump did better with 0.0 percentage points. The most recent PollyVote predicts Clinton to gain 32.2% and Trump % of the two-party vote in Hawaii.