How Voters Can Protect Against Inner BiasesPundits were shocked in 2004 when exit polls wrongly showed John F. Kerry cruising to victory over George W. Bush. In the weeks that followed the election, statisticians and political scientists scurried to explain the apparent disparity between actual vote counts and what voters told pollsters as they left the booth. That fiasco, of course,... Copyright © 2008 by The Chronicle of Higher Education Subscribe | About The Chronicle | Contact us | Terms of use | Privacy policy | Help |