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In this latest interview series of Election Matters 2024, Ashley Etienne, The Weber Shandwick Collective senior advisor and former communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris, moderated a conversation between Simon Rosenberg, a Democratic commentator and pollster, and author of the popular Hopium Chronicles Substack, and Brenda Gianiny, a Republican pollster and president of Axis Research, who has worked with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, former Rep. Liz Cheney and former President George W. Bush.
Ashley spoke with Simon and Brenda about how the presidential candidates are using polls to inform campaign strategy, the state of the race according to polls, and other topics.
Watch the full interview:
0:00 Introduction
2:42 Art in the science of polling
11:29 State of the race
19:11 Accuracy of the polls
23:36 Why the race is so close
32:00 The presidential candidates’ closing arguments
36:22 Early voting and what we’re missing
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