The Pollsters

#196: Kristen's Love Language

Happy New Year! We're back from the holiday break, with lots of (good and bad) holiday stories...about animals eating the wrong things.Poll of the Week<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/12/26/2020-democrats-usa-today-suffolk-university-poll/2399076002/">What do Democrats want in 2020?</a> (USA TODAY/Suffolk University)The Shutdown<a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/government-shutdown-poll_us_5c2d4892e4b0407e9087dc6e?ec_carp=4765397017059481878">Americans Give Everyone Negative Marks For The Government Shutdown</a> (HuffPo/YouGov)<a href="https://m.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/12/poll-federal-employees-overwhelmingly-oppose-shutdown-only-30-percent-support-wall/153863/">Federal Employees Overwhelmingly Oppose Shutdown</a> (Government Business Council &amp; GovExec.com)<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna952466">47% of Americans blame Trump for government shutdown</a> (Reuters/Ipsos)<a href="https://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/trump-job-approval">Trump Approval</a>(HuffPo)Climate Change<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/consensus-emerges-climate-change-debate-n950646">Consensus emerges in climate change debate</a> (NBC News/Wall Street Journal)<a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/historical-polls-2018-20th-century-america_us_5c2a47aae4b05c88b7029f37?ec_carp=8987639554229174491">How American Thinking Has (And Hasn’t) Changed In 80 Years</a> (HuffPo/YouGov)<a href="http://maristpoll.marist.edu/npr-pbs-newshour-marist-poll-national-survey-results-analysis-2019-new-years-resolutions/#sthash.PZazOeWC.ufI5XeUs.dpbs">New Years Resolutions</a> (NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist) 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.