How a poll can represent your opinion even if you weren’t contacted for it
By LINLEY SANDERS and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX WASHINGTON (AP) — Chances are, you have never been contacted for an election poll. But the dozens of high-quality election polls that will be released before Election Day, Nov. 5, represent a reasonable estimate of the opinions of all Americans. The best pollsters do that by ensuring they can randomly select the…