EP 016 | 2020 Polls... and a Walk Down Short-Term Memory Lane
The Sharyl Attkisson Podcast
Sharyl Attkisson
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2019
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
At this time four years ago, Donald Trump stood just about where Democrat Tulsi 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?
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| 0:37.2 | Hi, I'm Cheryl Ackison. Welcome to another podcast. |
| 0:41.6 | I want to talk a little bit about polls and their accuracy or lack thereof. |
| 0:47.7 | It almost seems like we've forgotten what happened back in 2016. |
| 0:52.0 | As the presidential battle among Democrats is heating up, |
| 0:55.0 | there are new polls and predictions every day |
| 0:56.6 | as to how it's all going to turn out. |
| 0:58.8 | A recent Marquette University law poll found that both Democrat Joe Biden and Socialist Democrat Bernie Sanders |
| 1:06.0 | would beat Republican President Trump in the state of Wisconsin. |
| 1:10.0 | They're saying that, mind you, more than a year before the actual election. |
| 1:15.0 | Some news reporters and pundits seem to be using these early polls to try to shape public opinion |
| 1:21.0 | rather than report on a snapshot in time. |
| 1:25.2 | Biden is the only Democrat who can beat Trump, say some. |
| 1:28.8 | All the polls show him in first place. |
| 1:30.7 | Everyone else may as well hang it up. |
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