Polling Analyst Kimball Shares Insights on Election Results

Spencer Kimball, advisor to the Emerson College Polling Society and an assistant professor of Communications Studies, spent the last few months with his students analyzing poll results in races across the country, right up until Election Day. Students were actively engaged in analyzing results, which is unique.

Emerson’s polling center was recently rated #2 most-accurate since the 2016 election on FiveThirtyEight’s Which Pollsters to Trust in 2018.

What surprised Kimball about the results in Florida, and why didn’t Emerson poll Indiana voters? Read the story on the Boston Globe website to find out.