Power, Polling, & Public Opinion

Now & Then

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Society & Culture, History, News Commentary

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

What should we make of political polls? Are they to be trusted? And why are Americans so interested in measuring public opinion? This week on Now & Then, Heather and Joanne discuss the history of polling in the United States, from the informal tavern visits by allies of Washington and Hamilton, to the rise of George Gallup, to the current polling discourse surrounding the midterm elections. Join CAFE Insider to listen to “Backstage,” where Heather and Joanne chat each week about the anecdotes and ideas that formed the episode. Head to: cafe.com/history For more historical analysis of current events, sign up for the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter, featuring Time Machine, a weekly article that dives into an historical event inspired by each episode of Now & Then: cafe.com/brief For references & supplemental materials, head to: cafe.com/now-and-then/power-polling-public-opinion/ Now & Then is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:44.8	From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, this is now and then.
0:49.8	I'm Heather Cox-Frichenson and I'm Joanne Freeman.
0:53.6	Today we're going to be talking about a topic that probably is in the front of everyone's
0:58.7	mind at the moment because this episode, although we're recording it a few days before
1:04.2	the election, this episode will be dropping on the morning of the election.
1:09.8	So what we want to talk about today is something that certainly has been talked about a lot
1:14.2	in the weeks leading up to this election and that we'll all be thinking about in one way
1:18.4	or another on the day of the election and that is polling.
1:22.4	There have been certainly, oh, after poll, after poll, on all sides reporting all kinds
1:29.0	of things with everyone claiming, of course, that their poll is front and center the most
1:33.8	accurate.
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