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Her reputation would only be toast among those incapable of understanding nuance. Her and her firm will remain the gold standard in polling. Her reputation would only be tarnished if the underlying assumptions of the study were falty or intentionally misrepresented. I can't fault somebody for doing legitimate work and putting out a prediction if it was done in good faith and good ethics.
It's not considered a significant miss because there was little uncertainty about Obama winning in 2008. That election was called by 9 p.m. It wasn't a matter of whether Obama would win, but by how much.
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She staked her reputation in 2016 when she published a poll that showed Trump's lead on Clinton far bigger than anyone else.
She staked her reputation in 2020 when she showed Trump with a commanding lead in Iowa when others showed it tied or a Biden lead.
She's also been accurate within 1 point on midterm elections.
I find it curious that people are worrying about her reputation rather than taking this poll for the obvious warning sign for the Trump campaign that it is.