What can we learn from political polls? | Politics in Question
This week, we bring you an episode from the Politics in Question podcast, hosted by Lee Drutman, Julia Azari, and James Wallner.
The Democracy Group · Julia Azari, Lee Drutman, James Wallner
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Show Notes
In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Elliott Morris joins Julia and Lee to discuss political polling. Morris is a data journalist and US correspondent at The Economist, where he writes on American politics, elections, and public opinion. Morris previously worked for an elections returns start-up and the Pew Research Center and has contributed articles to the New York Times. He is the author of Strength in Numbers: How Polls Work and Why We Need Them.
How does polling work? Can polls tell us something that we don’t already know? Are polls misleading? Is the practice good or bad for democracy? These are some of the questions that Elliott, Julia, and Lee ask on this week’s episode.
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