The Pollsters

#192: Are You Ready For Our BTS Overlords?

Poll of the Week:<a href="http://time.com/5454449/person-of-the-year-2018-poll-results/">Results of the TIME Person of the Year Reader's Poll</a> (BTS WINS!)Trumplandia and Political Divisions<a href="https://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/trump-job-approval">Trump Approval</a> (HuffPo)<a href="https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/monmouthpoll_us_112718/">Few Expect Country to Become United</a> (Monmouth)<a href="https://navigatorresearch.org/post-election-survey-findings/">Americans Want the New Congress to Provide a Check on the White House, Follow Facts in Investigations</a> (Navigator)<a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-manufacturing-jobs-gm-layoffs-poll_us_5bff257ce4b0864f4f69f6b8?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067">Many Americans Are Giving Trump The Benefit Of The Doubt On Manufacturing Jobs</a> (HuffPo/YouGov)Republicans and Women<a href="https://democracyfundvoice.org/the-republican-party-and-women-in-politics/">The Republican Party and Women in Politics</a> (DemocracyFund Voice)The Young and The Old<a href="http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/11/28/teens-who-are-constantly-online-are-just-as-likely-to-socialize-with-their-friends-offline/">Teens who are constantly online are just as likely to socialize with their friends offline</a> (Pew Research)<a href="https://www.axios.com/longevity-poll-living-longer-100-5a19aea5-5cba-4d75-8d27-37bcfef0dfb7.html">People want to live longer, but maybe not to 100</a> (Axios/SurveyMonkey)Critical Thinking<a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/poll-87-say-theyre-open-to-opposing-views-but-only-25-seek-them-out">87% say they’re open to opposing views, but only 25% seek them out</a> (Reboot Foundation)Unwelcome Guests<a href="https://www.cantonrep.com/news/20181128/poll-first-sign-guest-has-overstayed-his-or-her-welcome">First sign a guest has overstayed his or her welcome?</a> (CantonRep.com)Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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Explore what America's thinking with two of the country's leading pollsters-the bipartisan team of Democrat Margie Omero and Republican Kristen Soltis Anderson. In this weekly podcast we take a fresh, friendly look at the numbers driving the week's biggest stories in news, politics, tech, entertainment and pop culture. Along with the occasional interview with pollsters, journalists, and other industry leaders, we'll lift the hood on the numbers revealing the hidden secrets of the public's mind.