Special Edition: Are Polls Accurate? Here's What to Know Before Election Day
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2024
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
We are less than two months away from Election Day now, so what can we learn from those weekly polls? Should we even pay attention to them?
Our guest today analyzes American campaigns and elections.
Kyle Kondik is the managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
He explains how polls work in today's world, why the polls failed in 2016, and whether we should rely on them this time around.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Saturday, September 7th. |
| 0:02.1 | We are less than two months away now from Election Day |
| 0:04.8 | and are seeing new polling about the presidential race |
| 0:07.2 | at least every week. |
| 0:08.8 | But after polls seem to steer predictions |
| 0:10.7 | down the wrong path in the past? |
| 0:12.8 | Should we even pay attention to them? |
| 0:15.0 | Our guest today analyzes American campaigns and elections. |
| 0:18.4 | Kyle Kondik is the managing editor of Sabido's Crystal Ball. |
| 0:21.8 | It's the University of Virginia Center for Politics |
| 0:24.0 | nonpartisan election forecasting newsletter. |
| 0:26.8 | He's explaining how polls work in today's world, |
| 0:29.5 | why the polls failed in 2016, |
| 0:32.0 | and whether we should rely on them today. |
| 0:35.8 | Welcome welcome to the Newsworthy Special Edition Saturday |
| 0:39.2 | when we sit down with a different expert or celebrity every Saturday |
| 0:42.0 | to talk about something in the news. |
| 0:43.7 | Don't forget to tune in every Monday through Friday for our regular episodes where we provide all the |
| 0:48.0 | days news in 10 minutes. |
| 0:49.7 | I'm Erica Mandy. It's now time for today's special edition Saturday. |
| 0:54.0 | Kyle Kondek, thank you so much for joining us here on the newsworthy. |
| 0:59.0 | Thanks for having me. |
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