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Full Measure After Hours

EP 016 | 2020 Polls...and a Walk Down Short-Term Memory Lane

Full Measure After Hours

Sharyl Attkisson

News, News Commentary

4.91.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

At this time four years ago, Donald Trump stood just about where Democrat Tusi Gabbard is: 1-2%. So why are some in the media pretending current polls reflect what will really happen in Nov. 2020? Are they using polls to try to shape public opinion rather than measure it? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sharylattkisson/supportSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Hi I'm Cheryl Ackison welcome to another podcast I want to talk a little bit about

0:41.4

polls and their accuracy or lack thereof.

0:45.0

It almost seems like we've forgotten what happened back in 2016.

0:49.0

As the presidential battle among Democrats is heating up,

0:52.0

there are new polls and

0:53.4

predictions every day as to how it's all going to turn out. A recent Marquette

0:57.5

University law poll found that both Democrat Joe Biden and Socialist Democrat Bernie Sanders would beat Republican

1:05.2

President Trump in the state of Wisconsin.

1:08.7

They're saying that, mind you, more than a year before the actual election.

1:13.9

Some news reporters in pundits seem to be using these early polls

1:17.4

to try to shape public opinion

1:19.3

rather than report on a snapshot in time.

1:26.0

Biden is the only Democrat who can beat Trump, say some. All the polls show him in first place.

1:28.0

Everyone else may as well hang it up.

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