An interesting essay. My main takeaways were: 1. Using objective standards and transparent methodologies works; 2. Using rational, data-based approaches is

An interesting essay. My main takeaways were: 1. Using objective standards and transparent methodologies works; 2. Using rational, data-based approaches is critical to any sort of approximation, as we've seen over and over again in dozens of fields other than political polling; 3. The data shows that when (1) and (2) are present, polling is enormously more accurate than other methods. Anyone with a bent toward science and data will likely be impressed with the data quality of polling that's done properly.