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Perspectives on Political Polling

Perspectives on Political Polling

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Political polling is often a hot topic of conversation when siblings Ruth, David and Jonathan Bernstein get together. All three have unique perspectives and professional experience in this space. In this episode of POP, they delve into misperceptions about polling within the general public and media, the challenges in media coverage of polls - especially during close elections - and provide recommendations on how pollsters and journalists can better communicate polling data.

Host: Ruth Bernstein, lead pollster and CEO of EMC Research

Guests: Jonathan Bernstein, former Bloomberg opinion columnist covering politics and policy, co-editor of Making of the Presidential Candidates, and former professor of political science.

David Bernstein, prize-winning journalist who covered New England politics for decades at the Boston Phoenix, Boston Magazine, and WGBH. Jonathan and David write the Good Politics, Bad Politics newsletter about government and elections on Substack.

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