Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

I must ma'challet.

I cover the presidential campaign.

And I'm Kelsey Snulley, cover congress.

And Kelsey, you have been working on a series of special episodes that I've been fascinated

by because I think that they really help us understand how political campaigns work.

Last time we talked about political ads and today we're going to talk about something

that has been on a lot of people's minds because we are nearing the point where it will

be the last day to cast your ballot.

And what we're going to talk about today is polling.

Yeah, polls can play a role in everything from where Canada invests all of that money

that they're raising to little things about the way they run their campaigns and where

they talk and ads.

Just, they are so important.

And you know, we're all pretty aware of the kinds of polls that campaigns use to determine

the really basic question of who's up and who's down and how many people out there still

haven't made up their minds.

And Kelsey, those undecided folks are really, it seems like the coveted voters that campaigns

are after.

And at this point, people have less than two weeks to vote.

According to the most recent NPR PBS NewsHour, Maris, poll, just 5% of voters are persuadable.

Which Kelsey, to be frank, I will say, seems even a tad higher than I would have thought

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