This is the worst way to cover the polls. Please stop

Binary reports ("x is up, y is down") are perhaps the worst way to communicate polling information

Here’s a message I almost tweeted this morning until I reminded myself that I’m trying to stay off Twitter for a while:

Every four years is a chance for people to learn a lot of useful things about how to report on polls, and sadly you can count on them letting you down every time.

After I wrote this newsletter I also drafted another tweet, but decided t…