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Anthony Salvanto talked about his book, Where Did You Get This Number?, about how polls work and what to watch for in the upcoming midterm elections.

Democratic pollster Frederick Yang spoke about the use of political surveys and polling data during the 2016 election cycle. “A Perspective (on the Numbers) on the 2016 Presidential Election
” was…

Sociologist Lev Gudkov talked about Russian citizens' approval of President Vladimir Putin and how propaganda shapes mass perception. “The 86 Percent: Opinion Polling in Russia” was part of…

Pollsters Margie Omero and Kristen Soltis Anderson talked about the 2016 presidential race and how polls are used. Among other topics, they discussed younger voters, polling questions, and…

Michael McDonald examined early voting the 2016 election cycle, as well as concerns about the integrity of state voting systems. At the conclusion of the program a clip from HBO’s “Last Week Tonight”…

Sean Trende examined the latest polls from campaign 2016, as well as possible Electoral College outcomes as 2016 presidential nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton competed for…

Ed Goeas analyzed the bipartisan George Washington University Battleground Poll, which provides national presidential two-way and four-way match-ups and examines voters' priorities and…

Ken Goldstein reported by telephone on the latest polling information for the 2016 presidential election. He examined the race, gender, age, and education of people surveyed by major…

Kristen Soltis Anderson talked about her work as a pollster, including polling methodology and reliability, media treatment of poll data, and whether poll data influences elections. She is…

Joel Benenson, chief strategist for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, spoke at a forum on the 2016 presidential campaign. He highlighted the core objectives…

Headlines from the day’s newspapers were read and telephone lines are open for viewer comments on poll data showing a close race between Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump and…

Philip Bump reported by telephone from New York about a new Quinnipiac University swing state poll of Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, that showed Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton finishing…

Nate Silver talked about statistics, polling, data, and the 2016 elections. Other topics addressed included sports statistics. This was part of the Mercator Center’s Conversations with…

David Moore, formerly with Gallup, talked about the flaws in U.S. polling systems. Mr. Moore spoke about ways in which pollsters regularly ask leading questions to those being polled and do not factor in the American…

James Pindell reported by telephone from Boston, Massachusetts, about the latest polling numbers for the February 9, 2016, New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary election. A Boston…

Quinnipiac University Assistant Poll Director Peter Brown reported by telephone about a national poll released the previous day by the university showing 71 percent of Americans were unhappy with…

Frank Luntz conducted a focus group at the South Carolina Freedom Summit at the Peace Center in Greenville.

Doug Usher and Kellyanne Conway talked about how the candidates and the general public use and consume polling information. Ms. Conway spoke via video link from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.…

Politico hosted a discussion with journalists and pollsters on the 2014 midterm elections and the implications for the 2016 presidential election campaign. In the first panel political…

Don Levy talked by video link from Loudonville, New York, about the results of a new Siena Research Institute poll of historians and scholars ranking the first ladies of the United States. The survey had…