We were told this couldn’t possibly be accurate because the primary results were so different from our poll results. In August, in a field of 15 candidates, Harrell captured 34% of the vote, while Gonzalez earned 32% — a much closer contest.
I answered the criticism on Twitter at the time, in this way:
It’s illogical to compare outcomes in the primary with a poll of people who are likely to vote in the general election and expect the numbers to be identical. First, more people vote in the general election than in the primary. And second, they are basically different groups of people with different contests in front of
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