Reporters are biased, and polls contain errors, so...?

How do we know what to make of polling data? What's up with the so-called volatility? How many voters are really going to change their mind at this point, anyway?

Is sorting through the FEC donation records a better predictor than telephone surveys in an era of caller ID and cell phones?

Exit polls that skip early voters? What's up with that?

An explanation of statistical flukes, the perils of the believing pollsters, and why reporters can't seem to stay neutral -- in everyday language even I can understand -- I'm lovin' it!

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