Press Play with Madeleine Brand
The Failure of Political Polls
Polls are more influential than ever in politics. They determined who would be in the main Republican debate tonight and poll numbers are used daily to describe the phenomenon of Donald Trump and Ben Carson leading the GOP field. But what if the polls are wrong? Increasingly, they are .
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readPolls are more influential than ever in politics. They determined who would be in the main Republican debate tonight and poll numbers are used daily to describe the phenomenon of Donald Trump and Ben Carson leading the GOP field. But what if the polls are wrong? Increasingly, they are.
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Matt Holzman
Producer, 'The Document'
Anna Scott
Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter
Jolie Myers
Managing Producer, 'Press Play'
Jill Lepore
professor of history at Harvard University, staff writer at the New Yorker, and host of the podcasts “The Last Archive” and “Elon Musk: The Evening Rocket.”
The full episode
1 of 4Political Polling, Online Dating, and "The Deputy Who Disappeared"- 0:00The Failure of Political PollsYou’re reading this
- 16:26Auto Roundup: Volkswagen Sales Lag
- 27:32"The Deputy Who Disappeared"
- 41:10The Money Behind Online Dating