Episodes

  • The Pollsters review the pollsters in 2024
    Nov 26 2024

    Margie and Kristen return after a four-year hiatus! In this one-off episode, The Pollsters catch listeners up on their lives and review the performance of polls leading up to the 2024 Presidential Election. Did pollsters get it right? Or wrong? Or somewhere in-between?
    Listen to find out!

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • We Hear There's an Election Next Week
    Oct 29 2020

    Large Voter Turnout

    Voter Turnout Appears Steady; Enthusiasm Running High (Gallup)

    Who Will Win?

    Who Do Voters Think Will Win (Navigator)

    Cookie Poll

    Three Brothers Bakery Presidential Cookie Poll Has Accurately Predicted Winner of Last 3 Elections (KHOU)

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • This is the End
    Mar 26 2020

    Trump Job Approval

    Trump Job Approval (RealClear Politics)

    General Election

    Presidential General Election (RealClear Politics)

    Coronavirus

    Coronavirus Upends Nation, as Three in Four Americans' Lives Changed by Pandemic (ABC News/Ipsos)

    Governors Get High Marks For Handling COVID-19 Crisis (Monmouth)

    Tracking Public Opinion on the Coronavirus (Morning Consult)

    Public Opinion on Coronavirus (Navigator)

    Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index: Everything's Worse (Axios/Ipsos)


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    47 mins
  • Polling Never Takes a Holiday
    Mar 19 2020

    Florida Democratic Primary

    Who Different Groups Supported (New York Times)

    National Democratic Primary

    National Democratic Primary (FiveThirtyEight)

    Trump Job Approval

    Trump Job Approval (RealClear Politics)

    General Election

    General Election (RealClear Politics)

    Coronavirus

    Trump Earns Mixed Grades on Coronavirus Response (Politico/Morning Consult)

    Coronavirus (NPR/PBS/Marist)

    Coronavirus (Reutors/Ipsos)

    Public Trusts Health Agencies More Than Trump (Axios)

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    40 mins
  • The Democratic Primary vs. The Coronavirus
    Mar 12 2020

    Democratic Primary

    Florida Democratic Primary (FiveThirtyEight)

    National Democratic Primary (FiveThirtyEight)

    Biden Crushes Sanders In Democratic Race (Quinnipiac)

    Trump Job Approval

    Trump Job Approval (RealClear Politics)

    General Election

    General Election (RealClear Politics)

    Approval of U.S. Congressional Republicans Tops Democrats (Gallup)

    Coronavirus

    Trump and the Coronavirus (CNN)

    Americans Divided on Party Lines Over Risk From Coronavirus (Reuters/Ipsos)

    Republicans are Twice as Likely as Democrats to View Coronavirus Coverage as Exaggerated (Axios/Survey Monkey)

    About One-Fifth of Democrats and Republicans get Political News in a Kind of Media Bubble (Pew Research Center)

    92% of Americans Dating as Normal Despite Coronavirus (OKcupid)

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    33 mins
  • A Perfect Day For a Non-Pollster
    Mar 5 2020

    Democratic Primary

    National Democratic Primary (FiveThirtyEight)

    Florida Democratic Primary (FiveThirtyEight)

    Michigan Democratic Primary (FiveThirtyEight)

    Trump Approval

    Trump Job Approval (RealClear Politics)

    General Election

    General Election (RealClear Politics)

    Corona Beer and the Coronavirus

    The Spread of the Coronavirus Couldn't Have Come at a Worse Time for Corona Beer(CNN)

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    31 mins
  • Underestimating the Coronavirus?
    Feb 27 2020

    Democratic National Primary

    Democratic National Primary (FiveThirtyEight)

    South Carolina Democratic Primary (FiveThirtyEight)

    Debate Watchers Believe Bernie Sanders Made the Best Case for Defeating Trump (YouGov)

    Trump Job Approval

    Trump Job Approval (RealClear Politics)

    General Election

    General Election (RealClear Politics)

    Republicans Increasingly Feel Like They’re ‘Winning’ Politically; Democrats Feel the Opposite (Pew Research Center)

    Cornoavirus

    How do Attitudes to Coronavirus Differ Across the World? (YouGov)

    High Confidence in Government to Handle Coronavirus (Gallup)

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    44 mins
  • The Squirrely Race
    Feb 20 2020

    Democratic National Primary

    Democratic National Primary (FiveThirtyEight)

    Sanders Opens Up Double-Digit National Lead in Primary Race (NBC News/WSJ)

    Sanders Leads The Field, Bloomberg Qualifies For His 1st Debate (NPR/PBS Newshour/Marist)


    Nevada Primary

    Nevada Democratic Primary (FiveThirtyEight)

    Sanders Has Strong Lead in Nevada(Data for Progress)


    South Carolina Primary

    South Carolina Democratic Primary(FiveThirtyEight)


    Americans and the Election

    Americans Generally Upbeat About Election Campaign (Gallup)

    Faith in Elections in Relatively Short Supply in U.S. (Gallup)


    Trump Job Approval

    Trump Job Approval (RealClear Politics)


    National General Election

    National General Election(RealClear Politics)


    Bogus Respondents

    Assessing the Risks to Online Polls From Bogus Respondents (Pew Research Center)


    Chucking a Dead Chicken

    Is Chucking a Dead Chicken a Fun Bar Event or Disrespectful to Animals? (Thorold News)

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    44 mins