Among the more politically correct events, last week saw the kind of anxiety and accusations of bias surrounding opinion polls that you typically expect in the final two months of an election campaign, rather than the final one. year And two months into the campaign.
The focus was largely on general election polls: whether A Wall Street Journal A poll showing former President Donald Trump and President Biden tied is worth trusting. What do you make of a CNN poll Nikki Haley emerges as the only Republican candidate ahead of Biden who is outside the margin of error. How do we understand? Data from the New York Times Which suggests that Biden is losing support among voters of color.
In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, Galen speaks with Carlos Odio of Equis Research and Terrance Woodbury of HIT Strategies to break down which recent data is actually worth paying attention to and which is sound and angry.
You can listen to the episode by pressing the “Play” button in the audio player above or by Download it in iTunesthe ESPN application Or your favorite podcast platform. If you’re new to podcasting, Learn how to listen.
The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast is recorded on Mondays and Thursdays. Help new listeners discover the show through it Leave us a rating and review on iTunes. Do you have a comment, question or suggestion about Good Polling vs. Bad Polling? Communication via email, On Twitter Or in the comments.