Americans are being urged to treat the flood of election data reaching them with caution as polling, prediction markets and political chatter intensify ahead of election day.
While such information may offer insight into the campaign, much of it is not predictive and should not be treated as a reliable indication of the result.
Voters face a growing stream of figures and commentary, making it important to distinguish between information that describes the race and claims about what will happen when ballots are counted.
