Donovan’s Deep Dives: Reading an election through a polling fog

The polling situation this election cycle is dire. The quantity of polls is way down and many conducted are effectively useless. One Oct. 29-30 poll for the Taichung mayor election shows the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) candidate Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) up by 10 points, while another Oct. 28-30 pol