Polling Week: Let's Get Thermostatic w/ Harry Enten

This Day in Esoteric Political History

Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia

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4.6 • 982 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In the run-up to the November election, we’re doing a number of episodes that may help you track and process the current news. This week, it’s Polling Week, looking at some interesting polling-related stories with our friend Harry Enten of CNN.

Today, a look at the fundamental forces that underlie midterm elections, and ways to measure them, such as the generic ballot.

Be sure to catch Harry on CNN every day!

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to this day in esoteric political history from radiotopia.
0:07.0	My name is Jody Avergan.
0:11.0	Polling week is coming to a close. Our time with CNN's Harry
0:14.4	Enten is coming to a close and we have saved the wonkiest conversation for last. This
0:19.0	episode we're really talking about kind of polling for polling sake, different kinds of polling through history,
0:24.7	and in particular the kinds of polls that help us make sense of midterms, it is time folks to talk about the generic ballot.
0:31.7	Everyone is so excited, I can hear it. I can sense it. Here is. Yes,
0:35.4	Harry Anton of CNN. Hello Harry, welcome back. You know, when you say generic ballot, I must say a smile creeps across my face.
0:44.0	The only other time you'll see is when I'm a carvel about to order a hot fodge Sunday
0:51.0	drip cream, chocolate sprinkles and a cherry on top.
0:57.0	We call this the Harry Enten Pulling Serge.
1:00.0	Yes, very nice. That is Nicole Hammer Vanderbilt and Kelly Carter Jackson of Wellesley.
1:07.6	Hello, Nicky. Hello, Kelly. Hello, Jody.
1:10.3	Hey there.
1:12.1	Nicky battling through coming off of an illness and now dreaming of a hot fudge Sunday which is really the way to get fully out of being sick.
1:22.0	I think that's a good thing. I think the
1:23.5	endorphins released by that really get you over the end hump. I can curve.
1:27.5	I can't. So Harry, we should, you know, we are going to let you won't
1:32.3	out on the on some of these things but we are a history show and there is some interesting history here because as far as I can tell this story can begin in, which is when Gallup asked a series of questions of Americans.
1:46.6	They asked stuff like, do you own a car?
1:49.0	56% of Americans did, or do you have a telephone? of Americans did and they also asked this
1:54.6	question in 1937 what candidate for Congress from your district do you think
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