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May 2023
1h 12m

The Pulse of America: Can We Still Trust...

@mosheh / tentwentytwo
About this episode
One of the most popular questions we get at Mo News is about polling, how it works and why it can be trusted. In today’s edition we speak with the editor-in-chief of Gallup, one of the organizations that does it best. Gallup is nearly 90 years old and conducts polls in 140 countries—representing nearly all of humanity.  Editor-in-Chief, Mohamed Younis, joins ... Show More
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