Putting the results in context

NYT Upshot published the results of a new poll. In this poll, respondents from Missouri were asked for whom they will vote: Republican nominee Donald Trump or Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton.

This poll was conducted , among a random sample of 0 participants.

Putting the results in context

Individual polls should be regarded with caution, since they can include substantial errors. At the very least, one should examine how a poll's results compare to benchmark forecasts.

To make the results comparable to forecasts from other methods, one can convert them into shares of the two-party vote. This procedure results in figures of 78.7% for Clinton and 0.0% for Trump. In the most recent NYT Upshot poll on August 15 Clinton obtained 78.9%, while Trump obtained 0.0%.

Results in 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 54.0% and Trump % of the two-party vote in Missouri.

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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