EPISODE · Apr 7, 2026 · 29 MIN
Polls - The Graveyard of Confident Predictions
from Polls · host Inception Point AI
Miles Mercer examines two catastrophic polling failures that changed history: the 1936 Literary Digest disaster predicting Alf Landon over FDR, and the infamous 1948 "Dewey Defeats Truman" headline. Through these stories, the episode reveals how sampling bias, voluntary response errors, and misplaced confidence turned millions of data points into spectacular mispredictions that destroyed reputations and reshaped political forecasting forever. Loved this episode? Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI, and catch just a slice of our AI hosts in action on Instagram at instagram.com/claredelish and YouTube at youtube.com/@DIYHOMEGARDENTV This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.
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Miles Mercer examines two catastrophic polling failures that changed history: the 1936 Literary Digest disaster predicting Alf Landon over FDR, and the infamous 1948 "Dewey Defeats Truman" headline. Through these stories, the episode reveals how sampling bias, voluntary response errors, and misplaced confidence turned millions of data points into spectacular mispredictions that destroyed reputations and reshaped political forecasting forever. Loved this episode? Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI, and catch just a slice of our AI hosts in action on Instagram at instagram.com/claredelish and YouTube at youtube.com/@DIYHOMEGARDENTV This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.
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