MU’s Franklin says polling is not ‘broken as a methodology’

In its final polling average of Wisconsin before the election, the website FiveThirtyEight gave President-elect Joe Biden a 52.1% to 43.7% lead over President Donald Trump. The unofficial results following Election Day showed a much tighter race in Wisconsin. Biden led Trump 49.6% to 48.9%. A little more than 20,000 votes separated the two candidates.

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Arthur Thomas
Arthur covers banking and finance and the economy at BizTimes while also leading special projects as an associate editor. He also spent five years covering manufacturing at BizTimes. He previously was managing editor at The Waukesha Freeman. He is a graduate of Carroll University and did graduate coursework at Marquette. A native of southeastern Wisconsin, he is also a nationally certified gymnastics judge and enjoys golf on the weekends.