2020 Election Polling: A Postmortem Nov 13, 2020

We didn’t know if the election would be decided by the time of our postmortem, but we did know that we would have plenty to talk about. We reviewed the 2020 election results, the plethora of polls, and their implications with a focus on the effects of race, gender, and generation. There was also plenty of time to hear from the many pollsters in attendance.

We thank our panelists and moderator.

This event was free and open to the public, and was co-sponsored by DC-AAPOR.

Click here to be taken to YouTube to view the recorded panel.

Panelists

Amy Walter

Amy Walter is national editor of The Cook Political Report, providing analysis of the issues, trends, and events that shape the political environment. She hosts “Politics with Amy Walter” on “The Takeaway” radio news program (WNYC/PRX) and contributes to “PBS NewsHour” through her perspective weekly on “Politics Monday.”

Mark Hugo Lopez

Mark Hugo Lopez is director of Hispanic research at Pew Research Center. He studies the attitudes and opinions of Latinos, Hispanic views of identity, the political engagement of Latinos in the nation’s elections, and Latino youth. Lopez also coordinates the Center’s National Survey of Latinos, an annual nationwide survey of Hispanics.

Vincent Hutchings

Vincent Hutchings is the Hanes Walton Jr Collegiate Professor of Political Science and AfroAmerican and African Studies (by courtesy) as well as University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor at the University of Michigan. His research includes an examination of the ways in which political campaigns and the media frame information about racial issues in order to activate and make politically relevant the voters’ sympathies and/or antipathies for particular racial groups.

Moderator: Murray Edelman

Murray Edelman is a media consultant on elections and polling. For many years he ran the exit polling and projections for a pool of ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX, NBC, and the AP. He is a past president of the American Association of Public Opinion Research.