Aug 26 2024 59 mins
Bryan Bennett is the Senior Director for Polling & Analytics at The Hub Project and a pollster for Navigator Research who recently spearheaded a 4,000 sample survey among voters 18-34. In this conversation, Bryan talks his path to politics and polling and goes deep on this new massive project among younger Americans. This data unearths new findings on how and where younger voters get their news, views toward both parties and policy priorities, gauging the presidential race both before and after the Biden transition to Harris, comparing 5 different polling methodologies to reach voters, and much more from this massive new trove of polling data among younger Americans.
IN THIS EPISODE
Bryan's roots outside of Austin, TX and how the 2000 election and Iraq War drew him to politics...
Why Bryan gravitated toward polling and his insight as to what makes for an effective political pollster...
How Bryan came to Navigator Research, and its mission in the public opinion sphere...
Some of the influential work Navigator Research has done over the past few years...
The origin of Navigator's project of a 4,000 sample poll of voters under age 35...
The seeming disconnect among younger voters between partisanship and policy preferences...
What Bryan learned by testing 5 different polling methodologies among younger voters...
What is unique about economic sentiments among younger voters...
Some of the most surprising findings in this trove of data...
What this data reveals about how and where younger voters get their news...
What the data showed about a Biden vs. Trump re-match and how it's different with Kamala Harris atop the Democratic ticket...
The set of issues younger voters most prioritize...
The potential for 2024 polling error among younger voters that Bryan is monitoring...
What recent Battleground polling reveals about the 2024 presidential race...
Upcoming Navigator Research projects Bryan is most excited about...
Bryan details the best way to enjoy a few days in Austin, TX...& much more!