Studio 2 Extra: When election pollsters get it right
Franklin & Marshall College called this election almost perfectly. Their final Pennsylvania survey had Trump at 50 percent and Harris at 49. How'd they do it?
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U.S. Army veteran, Doug Sherrill, 63, bikes to a polling site to vote for the first time in his life, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Hamtramck, Mich. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Based in Lancaster, the Franklin & Marshall College Poll has been gauging the political inclinations of Pennsylvanias since 1992. Like a lot of pollsters, F&M drastically underestimated Donald Trump in 2020. This year…they called the race almost perfectly.
Studio 2 co-host Avi Wolfman-Arent sits down with Stephen Medvic, Director of the Center for Politics and Public Affairs at Franklin and Marshall.
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