Why the Price of Gold and Silver Is So High
The Right View with Lara Trump
The Right View with Lara Trump
4.4 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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On this episode of The Right View Lara speaks with pollster and CEO of EyesOver, Chris Wilson, to discuss why Gallup has decided to stop tracking presidential approval ratings and what that says about the current state of polling in America. Chris explains how the flaws in modern polling became clear in 2016 and have only grown worse. With historically low response rates and a growing imbalance in who actually participates in surveys, polling has become increasingly unreliable. He points out that lower response rates often favor Democrats and highlights one of the biggest blind spots in polling today: voter intensity. Campaign energy on the ground and enthusiasm from supporters are nearly impossible to measure, yet they can dramatically shape election outcomes.
Later in the show, Lara speaks with Peter Earle, Director of Economics at the American Institute for Economic Research, about why gold and silver prices have surged. They compare today’s rise in precious metals to the spike following the 2008 stock market collapse and discuss what economic uncertainty, inflation concerns, and market volatility mean for investors. Peter explains what kind of hedge gold can be against stock market instability and why many Americans turn to precious metals during uncertain times.
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| 0:42.7 | Hey, everybody, thanks so much for joining us right here on The Right View. |
| 0:45.9 | Tonight we're joined by the CEO of Eyes Over, Chris Wilson. |
| 0:49.9 | Chris, welcome to the show. |
| 0:51.4 | Thank you so much for joining. |
| 0:53.3 | In your recent op-ed, you argue that Gallup's decision to stop tracking presidential approval ratings isn't just a business move, but maybe a sign of deeper issues in polling. So can you elaborate on why you see this as an acknowledgement of perhaps systemic failures? |
| 1:16.4 | Yeah, the problem with what Gallup was doing is that polling is no longer built to measure those types of issues. |
| 1:25.1 | And that was they said they were going to stop measuring presidential approval. And that's based on a lot of issues. Primarily, it's response rates. It's kind of |
| 1:33.3 | things that made polling wrong in 2016. And from that, it has become a challenge for them to report |
| 1:42.8 | on anything correctly. And so when response rates are low, |
| 1:46.6 | you rely heavily on who picks up the phone, who fills out a survey, higher trust, higher |
| 1:51.4 | institutional engagement voters are more likely to respond. And frankly, that ends up skewing |
| 1:55.7 | more Democrat, as we've seen in 2016 and 2020. And the other issues that factor, that factor into it that I could bring up and I want to |
| 2:02.9 | put your listeners asleep too early in the segment, but education waiting, likely, |
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