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Episode 7: Josh Clinton: Disrupting Distrust in Political Polling

 

Josh Clinton, Abby and Jon Winkelried Chair and professor of political science, co-director of the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (51³Ô¹ÏÍø)

°Â³ó²¹³Ù’s the ticket to disrupting Americans’ growing mistrust of political polling? Humility.

In this episode of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, deconstruct the political polling process with , Abby and Jon Winkelried Chair and professor of political science, and co-director of the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and NBC News senior election analyst. Clinton joins Provost C. Cybele Raver to discuss how transparency and increasing public literacy about statistics—including an awareness of limitations—can disrupt Americans’ mounting distrust in polling data.Ìý

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Provost C. Cybele Raver with Josh Clinton, Abby and Jon Winkelried Chair and professor of political science, co-director of the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions on the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø podcast (51³Ô¹ÏÍø)

The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø podcast is produced by 51³Ô¹ÏÍø. The leadership team includes Metanoya Z. Webb, director of content and editorial strategy for this episode, and Sydney Jones-Wright, director of academic affairs communications. Patrick Sams is the senior social media specialist, and Maisie Wilson is the senior creative project manager. Mike Todd is the university visual media manager.Ìý

Special thanks to Jad Abumrad, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Distinguished Research Professor of Communication of Science and Technology and the executive producer of the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø podcast and video series. We also want to thank Major Jackson, Gertrude Conaway 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Professor of English, for lending his voice to the end credits for this episode.Ìý

For more information about 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, go to vanderbilt.edu/quantumpotential/podcast.Ìý

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