With Primaries Around The Corner, A Look At How Much We Trust Polls

January 26, 2016

As the 2016 presidential race ramps up, news outlets, candidates and voters are turning to polls to see how each presidential hopeful is doing.

Jill Lepore of Harvard University and Cliff Zukin of Rutgers University argue that the way polls are conducted has become problematic, and we might not want to put so much faith in them. They speak with Here & Now’s Robin Young.

Here and Now/Boston WBUR News Radio, January 26

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