Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is the latest Republican presidential candidate to drop out, a victim of bad poll numbers that show him far behind Donald Trump. Why do polls carry so much weight? And how do they shape voters’ impressions of candidates? Scott talks with veteran pollster David Binder about the science of polling and the art of telling good ones from bad ones.
Political Breakdown
Good Polls, Bad Polls and How to Tell the Difference
The San Francisco Columbarium and Funeral Home polling place on Nov. 3, 2020. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)
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