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Pollster Mark Mitchell on Trump's Implosion, the Iran War, and the Political Data Industry
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1:02:25Now PlayingFor years, Mark Mitchell was the head pollster at Rasmussen Reports, one of the nation’s most prominent public opinion and tracking firms. Citing biases and outside influences, he recently left Rasmussen to found his own independent polling outfit, The Honest Poll.
In our interview, we discuss the state of political polling, how and why certain pollsters ‘fudge’ their numbers and to what ends, Trump’s second term polling disaster, the Iran War, economic populism vs. democratic socialism, and more.
Mark Mitchell can be followed on X at @honestpollster and on substack at thehonestpoll.substack.com.
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