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When pollsters report results of a poll, they often include the margin of error but not much more.

If candidate X has 54 percent support of the voters with a margin of error of 3 percent, that means the candidate is predicted to have between 51 percent and 57 percent support in the election.

Before jumping to conclusions, what other information would you like the pollster to provide?

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