French Pollsters Spooked by Trump But Still Don’t See Le Pen Win

  • Simpler system, higher turnout help surveys of France voters
  • Pollsters learned to adapt after missing Le Pen’s 2002 surge

Fenby: Le Pen 'Not Trump-Like,' but Changing Landscape

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A plain-speaking candidate with a business background was running for president and the polls gave him little chance after a series of outbursts decried as racist. But it was the pollsters who ended up with egg on their faces.

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