‘They Became Blinded by Ideology’: Richard Baris Talks Midterm Predictions and the Weaponization of Polling

“The overwhelming sentiment is a sentiment that things cost too much, things are out of control, and that we need to make a change,” says Big Data Poll director Richard Baris, a data journalist and host of the “Inside the Numbers” podcast. Going into the midterm elections, “half of the electorate or more is citing economic issue...