Should Election Polls Be Cancelled?

The Fox News Rundown

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3.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Election polling has long been a polarizing fixture of political reporting, with many dissatisfied with the accuracy of the methodology. In the 2021 election, polling failed to predict the close race that unfolded for the New Jersey governor's seat, causing many within the polling profession to question the surveys' effectiveness. Director of the Fox News Decision Desk Arnon Mishkin joins to discuss why he believes polling in the U.S. is not broken, but we are not properly interpreting the story being told by the data. He explains the problems with horse race questions in polling surveys, how poll numbers can influence fundraising and turnout in an election, and he interprets what recent Fox polls tell us about public perception of the Biden administration ahead of 2022. On Wednesday FOX Nation will host its third annual Patriot Awards to honor America's true heroes, including military veterans, first responders and other inspirational and everyday American patriots. The event will take place at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood FL and viewers can stream it on Fox Nation. The award show will be hosted by "Fox and Friends Weekend" host and Iraq and Afghanistan veteran Pete Hegseth. Pete joins today's Fox News Rundown to talk about what we can expect from this year's Patriot Awards and why the show is so important. Plus, commentary by former Rep. Jason Chaffetz, host of the Jason in the House podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:13.7	I'm Shannon Brem.
0:15.6	I'm Bill Hemmer.
0:16.4	I'm Kennedy and this is the Fox News rundown.
0:19.2	Tuesday, November 16, 2021. I'm Jessica Rosenthal. How reliable is polling data and do we rely
0:29.8	on it too much? There are new questions about polls and their influence after a
0:33.9	Republican came much closer to winning New Jersey's governor's race than
0:37.8	polling had predicted. I think this is a case not necessarily that polling is
0:42.4	broken so much as we're not doing a good enough
0:45.7	job of looking at the numbers of the poll and figuring out what does that poll really say.
0:50.3	I'm Lisa Brady. Fox Nation goes to Hollywood. No, not California, Hollywood Florida to celebrate
0:58.4	patriotism. You know there's a lot of award shows in America that honor actors who play heroes on TV and at the Patriot
1:05.3	Awards we honor the real heroes. We speak with Fox's Pete Hexeth. And I'm Jason Chaffetz. I've got the final word on the Fox News rundown.
1:14.4	New Jersey's incumbent Democratic Governor Phil Murphy
1:21.6	ended up winning the race earlier this month,
1:24.0	but it was much tighter than polling had predicted.
1:26.4	I hope that the governor has taken something away from this election, particularly because of its closeness.
1:32.0	Jack Tewelli said last week in his concession speech
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