One of the outcomes of the 2016 election was a distrust of polling. But many pollsters will tell you that’s the wrong conclusion to draw, and that, in fact they were not so far off in their polling. We’ll check in with pollsters and learn what lessons they took from the 2016 election, the science of polling and how it has changed over the years, and what to expect this election season.
Guests
Daniel M. Shea, chair, professor, department of government, Colby College
Scott Keeter, senior survey advisor, Pew Research Center
Andrew E. Smith, director, University of New Hampshire Survey Center
Resources
- New Colby Poll Gives Biden An 11 Point Lead Over Trump In Maine, Gideon 5 Points Over Collins
- Why The 2020 Presidential Election Is Not 2016
- What Happened? How Pollsters, Pundits And Politics Got It Wrong
- Pollsters Find 'At Best Mixed Evidence' Comey Letter Swayed Election
- Pew Research Center: Key things to know about election polling in the United States