The Tuesday, Nov. 3 mid-term election was historic in many ways.

With mid-term elections fast approaching, Andy Crosby, an expert on political polls and surveying methodology, discusses whether the polls can be trusted and which ones he is watching.

Surveyed professors at UC Riverside predict Kamala Harris will prevail in five of seven battleground states, according to a straw poll conducted by UCR’s news team beginning October 25. The poll considered the swing states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The email survey was conducted...