ENCORE: Modeling Victory — Part 1

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: (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: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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ENCORE: Modeling Victory — Part 1 is an episode from Politicology by Politicology.

This episode is 51:40 long.

This episode was published on Apr 8, 2026.

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