It’s Too Soon to Explain Voter Choices

A week after Election Day, Americans are wondering – and some pollsters and pundits are rushing to explain – who voted, how and why?

In two recent opinion pieces, Voter Study Group Research Director Robert Griffin encourages caution because reaching conclusions on these voter questions “requires data we don’t yet have and effort that we haven’t yet exerted.”

In USA TODAY, Griffin urges readers to wait for critical data before running with popular theories. In The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage, he shares how exit polls may be misleading.