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It’s Numbers Season — Part 1

It’s Numbers Season — Part 1

FromPoliticology


It’s Numbers Season — Part 1

FromPoliticology

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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Apr 6, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this two part episode, Mike Madrid joins Ron Steslow to discuss how political campaigns use polling data to make decisions and how pollsters gather data to measure public opinion.

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(01:00) What do you mean, “it’s numbers season?” 

(03:54) What polling data does and doesn’t tell us

(07:19) Looking for trends in polling

(10:57) How polling data drives decisions on political campaigns

(16:33) the importance of sampling

(23:23) How pollsters weight their data


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Released:
Apr 6, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Politics in America is transforming. We’re embarking on a new series to deepen our understanding of who we are, how we got here, and how we rebuild without repeating the mistakes of the past. Ron Steslow hosts academics, behavioral economists, social psychologists, politicos, philosophers, anthropologists, journalists, poets, and storytellers—and more—to discuss America’s political present and future and dive into the deeper problems we face as a nation. Email us questions or comments: podcast@politicology.com.