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by TheOtherHobbes 409 days ago
Absolutely untrue. Aggregate polling had a range of outcomes. None of the aggregators predicted a complete sweep.

https://www.statista.com/chart/33390/polling-aggregators-swi...

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The aggregators don't predict anything.

They tell you the average of reputable polls. In this case, they were well within the margin of error; each aggregator will have called it something like a "tossup" or "leans x".

"Harris by 0.8%" does not mean "we predict Harris wins this state".