The Pollcast: Were the U.S. polls right, wrong - or somewhere in-between?

The CBCPollcast, hosted by CBC poll analyst ric Grenier, explores the world of electoralpolitics,political polls and the trends they reveal.

The results of the U.S. presidential vote came as a surprise to many. Almost every national poll gave Hillary Clinton a lead over Donald Trumpand the polls also suggested she held the lead in enough states to win the election.

Instead, though Trump lost the popular vote, he won the electoral college and will be America's next president.

• Pollsters missed the call by failing to spot Trump's white support
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As mail-in votes continue to be counted in Democratic-friendly states, Clinton's edge over Trump in the popular vote will likely grow and the national error in the polls will shrink. Still, at the state-levelthe error was significant enough to up-end expectations.

What did the polls miss? Was there a problem with how polls and the uncertainty intrinsic to the science were interpreted? And where does the media and the polling industry go from here?

Joining podcast host ric Grenier on this week's episode of The Pollcast is pollster David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data.

The CBC Election Pollcast26:47Were the U.S. polls right, wrong, or somewhere in-between?

The results of the U.S. election came as a surprise. The polls indicated that Hillary Clinton was the favourite. Were the polls wrong, or was it wrong to assume they could make the call in such a close race?

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