{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Pollsters","title":"#42: The Deadliest Trump","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2735,"description":"Micro-assignment time! Like us on Facebook & share a link to the show on your own feeds. Super-easy! These micro-assignments have really helped us grow the show. \n\n \n\nKristen reports from Alaska\n\nIs Alaska a hard place to do research? Well, maybe a little easier than when Margie went there 20 years ago.\n\n\nNYT on whether Alaska is hard to poll\nFiveThirtyEight on Alaska polling\n\n \n\nTrump & Muslims\n\nSo Trump’s polling savvy once again is making news, this time as he cites polls for his own extremist policy. But what do the data actually say? Also, Margie enters the Blue Zone.\n\n\nCNN on Trump polling citation\nWashington Post on Trump polling citation\nPew study of Muslims worldwide\nSun poll of UK Muslims\nQuinnipiac national survey on guns\n\n \n\nMeanwhile, Cruz Cruises\n\nSome hypothesize Trump’s statement comes on the heels of a Monmouth poll in IA showing Cruz on top.\n\n\nMonmouth IA poll\nPolitico on Bush & polls\nCNN IA poll\nNational CNN poll\nUSNews on CNN poll\n\n \n\nCampaign finance reform\n\nWe talked about this with Sanders pollster Ben Tulchin last week: there is a diff between opposing money in campaigns & being a single-issue campaign finance reform voter. but new Pew data shows this is a particularly bipartisan issue:\n\n\nPew & campaign finance reform\n\n \n\nUK polling: what went wrong? \n\nWe’d love to have Antony Wells back on, or talk to others who polled in the UK. But YouGov has come out with its report, and we suggest you take a look at what they found accounted for their error in predicting a strong Conservative win.\n\n\nYouGov report\n\n \n\nKey findings:\n\n\nThere are some things polls shouldn’t help us do, and that’s develop likely unconstitutional policies.\nBut, if we’re going to look at polling among muslims, the results are not even close to being as clear-cut as Trump believes.\nMeanwhile--there are some things Margie says are in fact popular--preventing terrorists from getting guns & limiting campaign spending. \nAll this means the GOP race is particularly roiling &...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/3OKXWWINtaZupeFG5m8_9odbFFm-escc7G8vvJP8Es0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzIxODUzLzE2MjMy/NTE1MDAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}