The Pollsters

We made it to our 50th episode! If you like what we’re doing, don’t forget to write a review on iTunes, submit our show to NPR’s earbud.fm, or on @thepollsters on Twitter & Facebook.

 

The polls of the week: Good news/bad news for Trump

A day without Trump polling in the news, is like a day without, uh, Trump polling in the news.

The Trump effect on federal employees
Bloomberg/Purple on Trump shooting someone

 

What happened in Iowa?

We took a break from listening to pollsters to listen to voters. And the lesson was...the pollsters were wrong? Is the sky really falling? We walk through six theories and observations.

FiveThirtyEight on post-Iowa polling
FiveThirtyEight on Iowa being hard to poll
Media shares blame (Huffington Post)
Echelon online sentiment
Kristen’s Medium post
Washington Post graphic visual of voters
Mark Blumenthal & Jon Cohen on their internal data
The New York Times on Trump’s polling
CNN’s entrance polls
Dave Weigel on Ann Selzer “silver standard”

 

Feminism

What’s better-received “feminism” or “the women’s movement”? Interesting new deep-dive.

Washinton post/Kaiser
Full poll
The Selfie Vote

 

Ask a Millennial!

How many Millennials say they’re likely to leave their jobs in the next two years? Maybe not as many as you hope?

Deloitte annual study of Millennials

 

Happy Birthday Super Bowl--And Us!

This weekend is super bowl 50! And we celebrate The Pollsters 50! Most people are celebrating with a party, and perhaps a new outfit or television.

NRF’s latest survey

 

Key Findings

Iowa, it was nice knowing ya. And poll-skeptics, just try to make it to NH without getting another fix
Ask a Millennial--to stay at their jobs?
Happy birthday Super Bowl! And happy birthday to us!

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Show Notes

We made it to our 50th episode! If you like what we’re doing, don’t forget to write a review on iTunes, submit our show to NPR’s earbud.fm, or on @thepollsters on Twitter & Facebook.   The polls of the week: Good news/bad news for Trump A day without Trump polling in the news, is like a day without, uh, Trump polling in the news. The Trump effect on federal employees Bloomberg/Purple on Trump shooting someone   What happened in Iowa? We took a break from listening to pollsters to listen to voters. And the lesson was...the pollsters were wrong? Is the sky really falling? We walk through six theories and observations. FiveThirtyEight on post-Iowa polling FiveThirtyEight on Iowa being hard to poll Media shares blame (Huffington Post) Echelon online sentiment Kristen’s Medium post Washington Post graphic visual of voters Mark Blumenthal & Jon Cohen on their internal data The New York Times on Trump’s polling CNN’s entrance polls Dave Weigel on Ann Selzer “silver standard”   Feminism What’s better-received “feminism” or “the women’s movement”? Interesting new deep-dive. Washinton post/Kaiser Full poll The Selfie Vote   Ask a Millennial! How many Millennials say they’re likely to leave their jobs in the next two years? Maybe not as many as you hope? Deloitte annual study of Millennials   Happy Birthday Super Bowl--And Us! This weekend is super bowl 50! And we celebrate The Pollsters 50! Most people are celebrating with a party, and perhaps a new outfit or television. NRF’s latest survey   Key Findings Iowa, it was nice knowing ya. And poll-skeptics, just try to make it to NH without getting another fix Ask a Millennial--to stay at their jobs? Happy birthday Super Bowl! And happy birthday to us!

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Creators & Guests

Host
Kristen Soltis Anderson
Pollster/founder: @echeloninsights. On-air: @cnn. Writer: @nytopinion, The Selfie Vote. Florida woman in DC. Go Gators.
Host
Margie Omero
Margie Omero is a Principal at the Democratic polling firm GBAO with over 25 years of experience providing strategic advice and qualitative and quantitative research to candidates, organizations, and brands.

What is The Pollsters?

Politics. Policy. Polling. Pop Culture.

Explore what America's thinking with two of the country's leading pollsters-the bipartisan team of Democrat Margie Omero and Republican Kristen Soltis Anderson. In this weekly podcast we take a fresh, friendly look at the numbers driving the week's biggest stories in news, politics, tech, entertainment and pop culture. Along with the occasional interview with pollsters, journalists, and other industry leaders, we'll lift the hood on the numbers revealing the hidden secrets of the public's mind.