Question

7. In the most recent presidential election, going into election day, the polls had Joe Biden leading Donald Trump, nationally, by over 5 pts. And, indeed,after counting all the votes,

Joe Biden beat Donal Trump by over 5 pts. The pollsters, undoubtedly, used inductive reasoning in correctly concluding that Biden would beat Trump by over 5 pts. Inductive reasoning allows us to predict the future. Explain in your own words how we know the pollsters used inductive reasoning. Describe the inductive reasoning involved in concluding that Biden would beat Trump by about 5%.

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