In this two part series, Øptimus co-founder and Data Science Director for Decision Desk HQ Scott Tranter joins Ron Steslow to talk about data science, polling, and modeling
To unlock more episodes, visit: https://politicology.com/plus
(01:00) The role of a data scientist on a campaign
(04:20) What message testing is and how it’s used
(11:15) Understanding voters you need to persuade and voters you need to turn out
(15:16) Explaining sampling
(34:36) Polling vs modeling
(37:15) Why pollsters choose the cohorts they do
Follow Scott and Ron on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/stranter
https://twitter.com/RonSteslow
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free