The presidential campaign has kicked into high gear as Joe Biden and Donald Trump prepared to meet for their first

2024 debate on Thursday. The two men have been locked in a tight race for months and no other candidates reached the required

polling threshold to be on that stage. Lisa Desjardin takes a closer look at how

polls work with our partners at the Maris Pole. Inside the offices of the Maris Institute for Public Opinion,

My name is Jacob. I'm a student calling from Maris College.

There's a buzz in the room.

Over several hours and days,

nearly two dozen student workers make hundreds of phone calls

and send thousands of text messages.

We're talking to people in your community.

Overseeing it all...

It's a neat process.

Lee Maringoff, the director of the Institute

and Barbara Kavalo, the director of the Marist poll.

They are the ones that are talking one-on-one with Americans.

Talking about issues or...

Hello?

In many, many, many cases.

Is there a better time I could call you back?

Not talking at all.

No worries, have a great rest of your day.

How would you describe the ratio of calls

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