ENCORE: Modeling Victory — Part 2

In the second episode of 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: (00:59) The non-response bias and how data scientists must deal with it (02:55) The decrease in response rates over time (10:47) Likely vs eligible voters in polls and how to predict who’s likely to vote (15:55) Finding respondents to fill cohorts (28:05 ) Innovations in data science (31:14) The numbers Scott is watching My conversation with Mike Madrid about Latino Voting Trends: Follow Scott and Ron on Twitter: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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ENCORE: Modeling Victory — Part 2 is an episode from Politicology by Politicology.

This episode is 45:40 long.

This episode was published on Apr 15, 2026.

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