Public opinion, read with context.
Poll Hub treats polling as a way to read American life, not just forecast elections. Its panel moves from fresh numbers to broader consequences, weighing trust, religion, war, work, costs, health, and civic mood with steady attention.
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Poll Hub is a public-opinion roundtable with a calm eye for what numbers can and cannot say. It treats polling as evidence, but not as a shortcut to certainty. The show usually begins with a current event or social question, then moves into the data behind it. From there, the panel works outward. A percentage becomes a discussion about institutions, trust, political behavior, family life, public health, or economic strain. Recent episodes show the range clearly. One conversation uses religion data to examine shifting American belief and its place in democracy. Another reads early numbers on Zoran Mamdani as a first test of leadership in New York City. Other episodes follow the war in Iran, the split it may be creating inside the Republican Party, and the long history of American opinion toward U.S.-Iran tensions. The show is careful with serious subjects. When it talks about war, cancer, election security, or declining trust, it tends to mark the stakes before turning to political implications. That restraint matters. It keeps the analysis from feeling casual about real consequences. Health and social life also sit comfortably beside politics here. A full episode on cancer considers rising cases, earlier diagnoses, treatment advances, screening, and the financial impact on families. Other segments look at perfectionism, remote work, grandparents, higher education, grocery prices, fair wages for young workers, and the rituals people attach to birthdays or shared meals. The format has a recognizable rhythm: introduce the question, lay out the figures, compare groups or time periods, then ask what changed and what stayed the same. It is not a personality-first chat. The appeal is in the disciplined back-and-forth, the willingness to revisit assumptions, and the habit of turning survey findings into civic meaning. Poll Hub suits listeners who want political and social analysis that stays close to the data without becoming cold or technical.
Made for: For listeners who follow politics, institutions, social trends, and public health through evidence rather than pure punditry. It especially suits people who like measured roundtable analysis and clear explanations of survey findings.
What sets it apart: Poll Hub stands apart by making polling method and meaning part of the conversation. The show uses fresh and historical survey data to connect headlines with longer patterns in American public life.
Each week, Poll Hub goes behind the science to explain how polling works, what survey really show, and what the numbers actually mean. Poll Hub is produced by the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, home of America’s leading independent university public opinion poll, the Marist Poll.Lee Miringoff (Director of MIPO), Barbara Carvalho (Director of the Marist Poll), Jay DeDapper (Director of Strategy + Innovation), Mary Griffith (Associate Director), and frequent expert guests, dig deep to give you a look at the inner workings of polls and what they tell us about our world, our country, and ourselves.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Poll Hub connects political findings to survey methodology, showing how public opinion is measured before turning numbers into conclusions.
Poll Hub treats polling as a way to examine both public opinion and the machinery used to measure it. Barbara Carvalho, Mary Griffith, and Lee Meringoff move between political findings, methodological questions, and roundtable interpretation, often testing what a headline number…
Poll Hub has a figure for your election nerves and a fun fact for your clock-change grumbling.
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A poll-driven conversation connects election confidence, Iran's economic effects, and the pressure to be perfect.
Poll Hub brings election security, the war in Iran, and social pressure into one conversation, starting with NPR-PBS News Marist polling on confidence in fair elections before moving to Iran and what that conflict could mean for politics and the economy.
A polling panel weighs changing trust in college, remote work's emotional fit, and a lighter turn toward birthdays.
Trust in higher education gives this Poll Hub episode its strongest through line, as the panel traces how college shifted from a clear piece of the American dream into a more contested institution.
A polling panel connects Trump's long State of the Union to grocery prices, party trust, and voters weighing both.
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Harry Enten turns party unease and Trump's approval rating into polling that explains the pressure points.
Poll Hub brings CNN Chief Data Analyst Harry Enten back to read what the numbers say about Donald Trump, his policies, and the pressure building inside the Democratic Party.
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This episode of Poll Hub examines the evolving role of religion in America, the impact of social media on political engagement and democracy, and historical wage data for young workers.
Poll Hub discusses a new Marist Poll showing positive approval ratings for New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani in his first 100 days.
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On this week's Poll Hub, hosts Mary Griffith, Barbara Carvalho, Tommy Rogers, and Lee Meringoff of the Marist Poll break down a new NPR-PBS News Marist poll finding that confidence in fair and accurate U.S.
On this episode of Poll Hub, hosts Mary Griffith, Barbara Carvalho, Tommy Rogers, Cassidy Connors, and Lee Meringoff of the Marist Poll trace decades of Gallup and Pew data on trust in higher education, noting that the top reason Americans now cite for losing confidence in college is perceived political agendas at 38%, up from 28% the year before.
“Overall food at home prices, up 30% since January of 2020 to January of 2026.”
Peter Enns says Verisight “never rely on other companies to collect data for us.”
CNN's Harry Enten discusses polls on Trump's policies, declining faith in institutions, and air travel fears.