Presidential Politics
Our Statistician, Margin O'Ferror
This explains what "margin of error" means:
Take the margin of error (shown on the left) and match it to a particular candidate's lead (shown on the top) and one can determine the likelihood that the leader will, in fact, prevail. This is taken from a Kevin Drum explanation.
April 13, 2008--Barack Obama's Out of Touch?
changed July 3