Good Or Bad Use Of Polling (Taylor's Version)

FiveThirtyEight Politics

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4.6 • 20.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

After breaking records and breaking Ticketmaster with her "Eras" tour, pollsters have tried to determine who exactly Taylor Swift's fans are and which of her 10 albums is best regarded. In this episode, the crew asks its favorite question about one of America’s favorite musicians: Is this a good or bad use of polling? Then they take a hard turn back into electoral politics, with the question: Who do Democrats want the GOP nominee to be, and what does that tell us about how they’re thinking about 2024? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Toby.
0:01.0	I see Toby.
0:02.0	I know I want him to come on my lap so he doesn't cause a ruckus during this next hour.
0:07.0	I think he's a little angel.
0:10.0	Oh, there he is!
0:12.0	Although he just like caused more of a ruckus if he's in Europe back right into the next
0:19.0	phone.
0:20.0	No, he's got the zoomies.
0:23.0	Can you just take Toby's car on?
0:27.0	I think he's going to have to go to the next phone.
0:34.0	Hello and welcome to the 538 Politics Podcast.
0:46.0	I'm Gaelin Drouk.
0:47.8	In the midst of news about the possible indictment of a former president, some of the biggest
0:52.8	news in the country has gone unmentioned on this podcast.
0:56.8	Yes, of course I'm talking about pop icon Taylor Swift's Airstor.
1:02.2	When 14 million people tried to buy pre-sale tickets at the same time last year, ticket
1:07.6	master broke to the point that Congress felt the need to intervene.
1:11.8	And on her opening night, Swift broke Madonna's record for best-attended female concert in
1:16.7	US history.
1:18.1	69,000 people gathered in Glendale, Arizona.
1:21.9	Polsters have taken note and have tried to use surveys to determine who exactly Taylor's
1:27.3	fans are and which of her 10 albums is best regarded.
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