How much trust can independent-minded voters place in polling this 2020 election season?
It seems not a day goes by without multiple new poll results blaring from cable networks and rebounding across the Web. But how accurate are these polls? What’s been learned from the 2016 polling fiasco where many polls predicted a large Clinton for President victory? And how much more difficult is election polling in our highly partisan age?
The Purple Principle asks these questions of veteran pollster and Director of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, Dr. Andrew Smith. In Episode 10, Dr. Smith details lessons learned from 2016 currently in force for 2020 election polling. He also describes ongoing challenges faced by pollsters such as the “spiral of silence,” when respondents fail to reveal true preferences. And he issues a provocative challenge to American voters this 2020 election. To hear that challenge, tune into Episode 10 of The Purple Principle with Dr. Andrew Smith, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center.
Original music composed and created by Ryan Adair Rooney.
For show notes and transcript, please visit our website: www.fluentknowledge.com/shows/the-purple-principle/2020-election-polling-primer-the-science-psychology-of-polls-in-a-partisan-age
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