<p>For pollster Robert Cahaly, producing illuminating surveys and with accurate results is more important than party politics. Cahaly, who founded the opinion polling firm Trafalgar Group, received an <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/pollster-ratings/">A-minus grade</a> from FiveThirtyEight's Pollster Rankings and accurately predicted former President Trump's victory in 2016 and the results of the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial elections in 2021. This episode was recorded on December 14th, 2021.</p>

For pollster Robert Cahaly, producing illuminating surveys and with accurate results is more important than party politics. Cahaly, who founded the opinion polling firm Trafalgar Group, received an A-minus grade from FiveThirtyEight's Pollster Rankings and accurately predicted former President Trump's victory in 2016 and the results of the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial elections in 2021. This episode was recorded on December 14th, 2021.

<p>For pollster Robert Cahaly, producing illuminating surveys and with accurate results is more important than party politics. Cahaly, who founded the opinion polling firm Trafalgar Group, received an&nbsp;<a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/pollster-ratings/" rel="noopener noreferrer">A-minus grade</a>&nbsp;from FiveThirtyEight's Pollster Rankings and accurately predicted former President Trump's victory in 2016 and the results of the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial elections in 2021. This episode was recorded on December 14th, 2021.</p>

Pollster Robert Cahaly on Accuracy in Political Polling

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