Bringing Political Polls Into The Digital Age

By Steve Kraske,

Published June 15, 2016 at 1:39 PM CDT

For years, political polling told us who was likely to vote and how, but the cell phone complicated all that. With fewer people answering — or even owning — land-line numbers, polls became less reliable. A Chicago start-up is changing that tradition, and finding success.

Guest:

Garrett Graff is the former editor of Politico Magazine. His story on political polling and the startup Civis appears in the July 2016 issue of WIRED.

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