Margin of Error: How Political Polling Really Works

28/10/2020 28 min
Margin of Error: How Political Polling Really Works

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Polls, polls, everywhere polls!  We are just days away from Election Day, and wouldn’t you know it, we are being inundated with polls about who’s winning where, what voters think about this and that, and frankly, it can get overwhelming, because who do you believe?  And if you think a poll is right, somebody will remind you about 2016 when the polls didn’t match the electorate.  Shedding some light on all of this is Chris Jackson, the senior vice president of Ipsos Polling Place. Plus, Gary recalls how an old Batman episode featuring Adam West shows that a mayoral race between the Caped Crusader and Penguin is not too different from real-life elections decades later. IN THIS EPISODE Chris Jackson's Twitter: @jcbjackson ABOUT THE SHOW Political figures and influencers are often heard in brief bites that don’t capture the context of the whole story. “Central Florida: Beyond the Soundbite” expands the conversation with these newsmakers along the I-4 corridor and beyond. Join award-winning Spectrum News 13 anchor and Orlando Woman of the Year Ybeth Bruzual, political reporter Greg Angel, and veteran producer Gary Darling for a must-hear interview each week and learn about the issues affecting Central Florida.