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Making sense of all those darn primary polls

By Take Two Staff

Published Jan 21, 2016

Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump speaks as Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, looks on during the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate at the North Charleston Coliseum, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

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Making sense of all those darn primary polls

It's a busy time of year for horse race pollsters.

A CNN poll gives GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump a 20-point lead in New Hampshire. The same poll has Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders trampling Hillary Clinton in the state.

There are polls aplenty as we head into the most volatile stage in the campaign season.

So, how do you make sense of all the information coming at you?

Harry Enten is a senior political writer and analyst for FiveThirtyEight. He joined Take Two to help parse the data.

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Making sense of all those darn primary polls

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