Conducting a poll isn’t an exact science. The process is susceptible to lots of common problems and baked-in biases — more than just the “margin of error.” ...

As Americans await election results, many are looking to the polls for clues. From the margins of error to methodology, here’s what to know about presidential polls.

As the director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, which has been taking the pulse of the public on policy issues and elections for the past 30 years, I’ve noted that people have been paying ...

Understanding the margin of error is key to interpreting political polls' accuracy.

In the current election cycle, many media reports about polls are not including information about the margin of error.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem touted the results of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, saying more than 1 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally chose to leave the country.

Less than two weeks until Election Day, CNBC’s latest national poll finds a margin-of-error presidential contest between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

The poll, conducted by USA Today and Suffolk University, found Harris leading with 48 percent to Trump’s 45 percent. The results are within the poll’s 4.4 percent margin of… ...