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Political commentators have reliably been wrong this election season. We take a look at why pundits make bad predictions, and why they probably won't stop. (episode)
If political prognostication is usually so wrong, why do we keep listening? And what makes a good forecaster, anyway?
What if the problem with polling isn't bad polls but polls in general? The New Yorker's Jill Lepore on the history of polling and why skepticism is, and has always been, necessary.
You've heard that money buys elections. But if most of it is used on ineffective television ads, then what is it really buying?
What if the will of the electorate could be divined without polling and pundit guesswork? There may be a way.
Why are pundits like Bill Kristol still paid for their botch prognostications?