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Once again, polls underestimated Trump. Experts only have a hunch why

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Polls before the Nov. 5 vote had shown Donald Trump trailing Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris by 1 percentage point.

With vote tallies nearly finalized, Trump led Harris nationally by 2 percentage points: 50% to 48% . That undershoot of 3 points follows polls in 2020 that underestimated Trump 's margin by 4 points and in 2016 that underestimated his performance by 2 points.

Polling experts say they remain unsure of why polls underestimate Trump , who has railed against polls as biased against him.

Marquette 's poll this year divided the state into 90 regions and followed up with potential respondents first by email and then by phone.

The survey non-response problem predates Trump 's rise as an anti-establishment icon.

Response rates have been falling for decades among large non-political surveys like those conducted by the Census Bureau .

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