What podcasts say about Chris Stirewalt
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What Chris Stirewalt has said on podcasts
16 statements · 7 positive · 8 negative · 1 neutral
CNN SSRS polling meets Stirewalt’s methodological standards for inclusion in his polling average.
“It meets the methodological standards that I require for the use of a poll in the whole hog politics polling average”
Open the episode · What Midterm Polling May Be Getting WrongListen at 3:15
John Husted’s Ohio polling support is below the historical Republican floor.
“The floor for a Republican in Ohio statewide is what, 46%? Like 45 if it's a particularly bad year. Husted is beneath his floor.”
Open the episode · What Midterm Polling May Be Getting WrongListen at 4:32
Ohio’s undecided voters would mostly break Republican if they vote.
“If there really were in Ohio, if there were 8% undecided really in Ohio, how would those undecided voters break? Mostly for the Republican.”
Open the episode · What Midterm Polling May Be Getting WrongListen at 5:09
Generic-ballot polls understated Republican performance in 2022, 2018, and 2006.
“in those years, the Republicans were understated. They had 1.6 points in 2022, 2.3 points in 2018, and 2.9 points in 2006.”
Open the episode · What Midterm Polling May Be Getting WrongListen at 6:03
Both parties will ultimately exceed their final polling-average vote shares.
“both of these parties are going to end up with more than what they have in the final polling average”
Open the episode · What Midterm Polling May Be Getting WrongListen at 6:43
Republican polling overperformance may not exceed Democratic polling overperformance this year.
“it just doesn't look like that's what's going on”
Open the episode · What Midterm Polling May Be Getting WrongListen at 6:58
Republican support has traditionally been understated more than Democratic support in polls.
“the Republicans have traditionally been understated more”
Open the episode · What Midterm Polling May Be Getting WrongListen at 7:46
Older working-class white men, a core Republican constituency, respond to polls at low rates.
“the core constituency in the Republican Party are working class white men, older working class white men. They don't respond to polls.”
Open the episode · What Midterm Polling May Be Getting WrongListen at 7:53
Sherrod Brown’s 49–51% polling support is a reliable indicator of his vote share.
“If we're not looking at the margin, if we have a bunch of polls that say Sherrod Brown's at 50% or 49% or 51%, that's pretty good.”
Open the episode · What Midterm Polling May Be Getting WrongListen at 9:09
Republican mid-decade redistricting will not be worth even a gain of two or three seats.
“Whatever the Republicans get, if they say, well, at the end, if we, we're like, actually, it saved them two seats or three seats. Actually, the Republicans, the three seats, it will not have been worth it.”
Open the episode · What Midterm Polling May Be Getting WrongListen at 16:15
Republican redistricting efforts activated many Democratic voters.
“what the Republicans did with this fakakta, another F word, redistricting, is activated a bunch of Democrats”
Open the episode · What Midterm Polling May Be Getting WrongListen at 16:39
A moderate Democratic president would make the Democratic Party more moderate.
“if a moderate somehow survives, then yes, you're 100% right that the Democrats, if they get a president who is a moderate, will become more moderate”
Open the episode · What Midterm Polling May Be Getting WrongListen at 35:54
The Republic’s future depends more on Democrats rejecting radicalism than on Republicans’ 2028 outcome.
“the future of the Republic, in my mind right now, depends more on the Democrats' ability to do that than whatever happens with the Republicans in 2028”
Open the episode · What Midterm Polling May Be Getting WrongListen at 38:12
Republicans currently cannot reject radicalism.
“I don't think the Republicans are capable of rejecting radicalism at this point.”
Open the episode · What Midterm Polling May Be Getting WrongListen at 38:31
A Republican election victory would have radicalizing effects.
“The radicalizing effects at this point of a Republican win.”
Open the episode · What Midterm Polling May Be Getting WrongListen at 50:16
A contested Republican victory would severely strain U.S. civic and political institutions.
“a contested, disputed victory would be a real, real tough moment for a country that is not feeling very confident about its civic and political institutions right now.”
Open the episode · What Midterm Polling May Be Getting WrongListen at 52:22
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