The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Between the Scenes - Why Polls Are Bad for Elections

Episode Date: October 29, 2018

Trevor explains why he thinks predictions hurt the electoral process and dismisses people who thought Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were basically the same. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. Have you ever been watching the news and thought to yourself, wow, the Supreme Court sure does suck. We made a podcast about that. We sure did. There is a super majority of conservative maniacs on the Supreme Court right now, really doing some damage. I'm Michael.

I'm Riannan. And I'm Peter. Our podcast, 5 to 4 is about all of this. Every week, we dissect and analyze a different ruling that has made our country a little worse, a little more cruel. And you would not believe how many of them there are. Check out 5-4. That's the number 5-4, dash the number 4, wherever you listen to podcasts. Do I have predictions for the midterms? I hate predicting things. No, I'll be honest with you. I thi. I th. I th. Do a a a a th. Do a th. Do a thi. Do a thi. Do a thi. Do a thi. Do, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, thi. Do, thi. Do, thi. Do, thi. Do, thi, thi, thi. Do, thi, thi, thi, thi, th. th, th, a th, a th, a th, a little th, a th, a little th, a little th, a little th. th. th. th. th. Do more th. Doe, th. Doe, th. Do, th. Do, th. Do, th. Do, th. Do, th. Do, thi. Do, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi.ms? I hate predicting things. I'll be honest with you. I think a lot of America's predicting, I think, hurts its elections. Because a lot of it seems like a foregone conclusion because of the predictions. So the prediction was that Hillary would win.

So I think a lot of people were like, yeah, what's the point? You know, a lot of, like, I feel like elections should have thiii. I feel like elections should have nothing, there should never be a prediction. I don't think there should be polls, to be honest. I think the polls should be something that is only accessible to campaign so that they can run what they're doing. But I don't think we should know who's up and who's down. Why does that affect your vote? Do you know what?

Why are you voting? Why you're voting? platform or not as opposed to it's like how are you doing over there how you doing I'll vote are you winning no you don't get my vote no you need it no you get my vote where you don't need it no you know what I mean it's so I like I can't predict anything nor do I wish to predict anything I just hope the people come out and vote because I think for a long time a lot of Americans are just like yeah elections like a to the to a lot of Americans are just like yeah elections like whatever it's like so tedious it's like I remember what I hear like Americans talk about elections would be so crazy like people just be like yeah I mean I'll see I mean like who do you even vote for it's like it's all the same right like that's what

people said about Trump and Hillary remember that like to be honest it's all the same like to be honest it's all the same is it the to be the to to to to to to to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be the the the the the the the the to be the the the to be to be to be to be to be to be to be the the the the the the the the to be the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the tr. true. true. true. true. true. to be true. to be to be. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the same. Is it any different? And now it's like, oh yeah, it's different. Yeah, it is like totally different. If it was Jurassic Park, it would basically be like somebody going, okay, who do we want to lose? The bad guy from Jurassic Park or the dinosaurs? And so it's all the same. And then the T-Rex is like, blah, and you're like, it's not the same! Because it is not the same. It genuinely is not the same. Like Obama spoiled a lot of people because of how competent he was.

You know what I mean? Yeah, it's like, it's like, imagine if America's an airplane and Obama was a pilot, and he was like, just one of those swaggy pilots that's got everything under control, you know? You'd be like, uh like ladies and gentlemen your pilot here Obama we're about 20,000 feet heading out 25 should be good and then like even when they'd be a bump you be like no folks don't worry about that just a bit of a bump and everyone was in the back and like you want to check the safety briefing I was like no I don't care and then then the election came and the people were like, who's going to fly now?

And then some lady stood up, she's like, I've been practicing my whole life and people like, a lady can't fly a plane? What if she has her period? MAA! We need a man! And some drunk dude stood up and he was like, I can fly, I can fly this plane so fast, so far, so fast. And people like, yeah, that's what this plane needs, somewhere's never flown before, yeah, that's what I need. And then he got in the cockpit and then it's just like, and then

Obama was like, all right, everybody, I'm up. And he jumped out with these parachutes. And then the pilot, all the plane, he was like, all the times, tik things up. And now everyone's like, where's the exit? How does this work again? The Daily Show with Trev at 11, 10 Central on Comedy Central, and the Comedy Central Act. Watch full episodes and videos at the Daily Show.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. And subscribe to the Daily Show on YouTube for exclusive content and more. This has been a Comedy Central podcast.

Have you ever been watching the news and thought to yourself, wow, the Supreme Court sure does suck. We made a podcast about that. We sure did. There is a super majority of conservative maniacs on the Supreme Court right now, really doing some damage. I'm Michael. I'm Riannan. And I'm Peter. Our podcast, 5-4 is about all of this. Every week we dissect and analyze a different ruling that has made our country a little worse, a little more cruel. And you would not believe how many of them there are. Check out 5-4. That's the number 5-4, wherever you listen to podcast.