SCOUT· 31%29m·2026-10-21·BusinessWe try to fix election polling (update)
Polling is facing an existential crisis. People aren't picking up the phone. Nobody wants to talk to pollsters. Trust is on the line. We pluck a solution from the economics canon and convince a polling firm to let us test it. Today on the show, we head to Marist College — home of the Marist Poll — to learn how to be…
Scout bees are checking it out — divided opinions, the swarm hasn't committed.
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