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What Next TBD: The Polls Weren’t Wrong

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🗓️ 10 November 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Many folks were surprised at how soundly Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris in the election, especially since they thought the polls made it seem like a coin flip. The problem is, that’s not quite what the polls were saying. Guest: Tatishe M. Nteta, Provost Professor of Political Science, Director of UMass Poll Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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On Tuesday night, Titish Neteta realized the election was breaking for Trump, when Georgia and

1:10.5

North Carolina began reporting results.

1:12.6

It sort of began to coalesce that he could win those two states, which were likely necessary for the Harris campaign, if she had lost any one of the three blue wall states.

1:33.5

Tatis is the director of the UMass poll and a political science professor at UMass Amherst.

1:39.6

After looking at those early numbers, he began listening to what democratic surrogates were saying on TV.

1:43.1

To an expert like Tatish, it was a clear message.

1:59.8

You saw a number of Democratic strategists on MSNBC or CNN talking about their, you know, confidence that they could still win the election and that it's going to come down to these three Midwestern states. Robert Costa's reporting.

2:01.3

The General Mali Dillon has now sent out a memo.

2:03.7

She's the campaign manager for the Vice President Harris and says they still believe that

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