Eli5 How do they make sure a poll is unbiased

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How do they tell if a poll is unbiased? Where do they poll for politics? Most people I know don’t answer their phones because of scammers. Thanks

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Every poll must be taken with a grain of salt. There will be bias everywhere. You need to see who wanted/financed the poll. You worked for CNN and wanted to create a poll about a Trump policy in the state of NY. You can factor in all the age, race, gender factors you want but it also depends on the location where you asking the questions. If you poll 10k people across NY but only go to large cities you would most likely get anti Trump results. If you asked 10k people across NY and went to small towns you would likely get a pro Trump result.

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