Be skeptical when polls show the presidential race swinging wildly

What do the pre-election polls tell us? We've had some big swings: After the Democratic convention, Hillary Clinton seemed to be locking the election up, then Trump came back to a near-tie, then came a series of events — three debates, sexual assault revelations, and a war within the Republican party — which seemed to knock Trump out of the race. Then, more recently, a series of FBI leaks brought the polls back to a near-tie. Put this together, and you get the impression of a volatile electorate: Anything can happen, and all may depend on voters' reaction to last-minute news of Chris Christie, Melania Trump, or whatever Julian Assange may have up his sleeve.
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