Letters to the Editor
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@jayackroyd @rollotomasi
It isn't clear any polls were "wrong", (to me, it isn't clear what it means for a poll to be "wrong"). Chris Bowers' analysis was interesting. I do know that all my New Hampshire relatives voted a week or two ago. I think there was a genuine backlash, but I also think that the press totally misinterpreted the results of the Iowa bounce. I know of at least one person who is so enthused that a revolt against the press has started that they intend to vote protest instead of for a preferred candidate. The level of anger at the press coverage is probably higher than the press imagines, because the press thinks it's only bloggers whining, and their "product" is accomplishing its "business objectives" within budget.
A word of caution about the science program you saw, yes, science is never 100% sure (unlike mathematics, where it happens all the time), but sometimes they are very, very sure. Sure enough for you to drive down the highway riding in a device whose safety measures were designed by their theories. Sure enough that you can take the medicine the doctor gives you with confidence. Sure enough about the uncertainty principle that a whole computer RAM memory can be designed and built using its effects to save energy.