# We try to fix election polling (update)

- Source: Planet Money
- Published: 2026-10-21T07:00:00+00:00
- Category: Local
- Original: https://www.npr.org/2026/10/21/nx-s1-6009849/midterms-polling-election-marist
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/we-try-to-fix-election-polling-update-b8e252/

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 pollsters ourselves. We learn the great moments in polling history, the latest sci

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