Oct 30 Watch 7:30 Why Arizona’s Latino vote could be making a ‘big change’ this year By Stephanie Sy, Lena I. Jackson, Casey Kuhn Arizona has emerged as a surprising battleground state in this year’s presidential election, considering President Trump beat Hillary Clinton there by 3.5 percent in 2016. Latinos make up a quarter of the state’s eligible voters -- and while polls indicate… Continue watching
Oct 23 How to read the polls in 2020 and avoid the mistakes of 2016 By Laura Santhanam Political polls should not be mistaken for crystal balls. That doesn’t mean they serve no purpose. Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch 4:34 Pollsters largely got it wrong in 2016. How are they polling in 2020? By PBS NewsHour The national polls show Democratic nominee Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump at around the same levels as he did before the pandemic and the mass protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield joins Hari… Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch 10:59 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump vs. health experts, Stone’s commutation NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including President Trump’s commutation of Roger Stone’s prison sentence and the Lincoln Project’s TV ad response, Trump’s attacks on U.S. Continue watching
Jan 13 Wanting change, Democratic voters grapple with who can win By Steve Peoples, Associated Press How much change is too much in 2020? It is a question that has plagued candidates and voters alike over the last year in the Democratic Party's quest to identify the person best positioned to defeat Trump in November. Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch 3:57 What new Iowa poll numbers mean for Warren and other 2020 Democrats Iowa plays an outsized role in presidential politics, and new poll numbers from that state could influence how different Democratic candidates' focus their campaigns. The poll by The Des Moines Register and CNN puts Sen. Elizabeth Warren two points ahead… Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch 8:29 Amy Walter and Tamara Keith on Warren’s poll numbers, Democrats on impeachment Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and NPR’s Tamara Keith join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s political news, including a new poll that shows Iowa voters favoring Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Cory Booker’s scramble to raise enough campaign… Continue watching
Nov 08 How voters viewed Trump, health care and immigration, according to exit polls By Laura Santhanam Exit polls aren't perfect. But they do provide information on what mattered most to voters, and how they viewed key leaders and issues. Here's a look at what mattered to voters during the 2018 midterms. Continue reading
Nov 04 Watch 7:14 How FiveThirtyEight calculates the data of a divided nation By Christopher Booker, Mori Rothman, Laura Fong Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight blog burst onto the political scene in 2008, when he forecasted the popular vote for president within one percentage point. Becoming a key point of reference during elections, he started a podcast in 2016, and says his… Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch 7:01 How polling has changed since the 2016 election Democratic Congressional candidates now hold a nine-point advantage over Republicans, according to the latest poll from the PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist. But can polls be trusted? In 2016, polls in key states showed Hillary Clinton winning handily. Donald Trump… Continue watching