In the previous week, political enthusiasts were engrossed in the kind of intense discussions and bias allegations related to the polls, a scene that typically characterizes the concluding two months of an election campaign, rather than the final year and two months.

Much of the conversation revolved around the general election polls: the credibility of a Wall Street Journal poll that presents a tie between former President Donald Trump and current President Biden; understanding a CNN poll that portrays Nikki Haley as the only Republican candidate with an advantage over Biden which is beyond the margin of error; and interpreting data from the New York Times that indicates a decline in Biden’s popularity among voters of color.

In the latest episode of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, Galen holds a conversation with Carlos Odio from Equis Research and Terrance Woodbury from HIT Strategies, aiming to sift through the recent data to ascertain which pieces are worth considering and which ones are mere noise.

This article is crafted to resonate with those interested in investing or those who simply find politics intriguing. However, the primary purpose of the article is not investment-oriented.