Pundits, Polls & Politics! The ‘24 Election! (Zoom)
Fall (2-3 hours) | Registration closed 10/14/2024
The ‘24 Election is here! Let’s
- Review POTUS “Approval” history (1945-2020)- Explore how better voter polls are done- Discuss “Pundits”- Define “Generations”
We will review current polls and focus on the “issues” by doing some actual in-class polls!
Next, we’ll try a Corporate Assessment Model (CAM) a business “tool” by which we can rank the issues AND the candidates! Finally, we will do a class electoral vote prediction! Do just 6% of eligible voters actually decide an election? How can we voters be part of that 6%? A cell-phone and some familiarity with QR codes is helpful, but not required. This is a non-partisan discussion!
This course combines lecture with class discussion.
- There are no required books for this course.
Douglas Stowell
Doug Stowell is a consumer and political polling veteran in both U.S. and EU Markets. His career includes Market Research Director for the Xerox Corp.,U.S. Clients Director for the U.K. polling firm NOP, Ltd in London, and Senior Polling Executive for Wirthlin Worldwide in Washington. He launched MRA in 2008 and conducts surveys on U.S. and global issues. He is a member of the Furman University OLLI in Greenville, SC and conducts Zoom programs for more than 80 groups nationally.