The State of “Democracy”

Episode #17:

Bill and Phil reflect on what the presidential election is revealing about the state of the U.S. democracy, what has changed in the practice of polling since 2016 and how much faith we should put in the current polls, how China has outsmarted the US in rewriting the rules of the global order, and what a recent study revealed about the relationship between Trump’s bedtime and his presidential performance.

Some articles related to this week’s episode:

• “Republican Senator Blurts Out That He Hates Democracy” from New York Magazine

• “What Pollsters Have Changed Since 2016 — And What Still Worries Them About 2020” from FiveThirtyEight

• “Why Biden’s Polling Lead Is Different From Clinton’s In 2016” from FiveThirtyEight

• “How China Outsmarted the Trump Administration” in The Atlantic

• “Later bedtimes predict President Trump’s performance” in Economics Letters