I haven't seen a news story about a political poll in recent years that wasn't heckled for its sample size, crosstabs or bias. The identity of the hecklers depends largely on whose candidate comes out looking worse.

That's how it goes when everyone's a pundit. It's about time we act like voters instead. As we barrel toward another consequential election on Nov. 3, we should reconsider the role of polling in our political discourse.

Complaints that our political system is too obsessed with polling are old. What's new is how difficult it is to collect a meaningful sample of likely voters. Since 2016, when polls badly underestimated Donald Trump's support against........

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