Political Perspectives: Interviews & News
On a regular basis, Ipsos experts are invited to share our research data and insights. Click here for the latest in media news articles and interviews.
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February 6, 2025 - Listen in as Ipsos’ Clifford Young joins Bloomberg to discuss President Donald Trump’s approval rating and Americans’ response to Trump’s second administration.
December 27, 2024 - Watch as Ipsos’ Clifford Young joins Bloomberg TV to discuss what Americans want to see from President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration, including how Americans feel about Trump’s immigration and economic policy plans.
November 27, 2024- Ipsos’ Cliff Young joins the On the Ledge Now & Next podcast and breaks down how and why the Democrats got it wrong, the GOP got it right and addresses the pollsters' under estimation of Trump's support.
November 25, 2024 - No poll is perfect, but this year, pollsters exceeded expectations in predicting the presidential race—especially in key swing states. So, what lessons can we take away? Clifford Young, President of Ipsos Public Affairs in the US, joins The Conference Board podcast sharing:
- Insights from the 2024 election
- The differences between public and private polling
- How pollsters find and engage with respondents
November 3, 2024 - On Election Day eve, Ipsos' Mallory Newall joins NPR affiliate WFAE's "Charlotte Talks" to discuss early voting turnout and what people should pay attention to when reading the latest polls.
October 30, 2024- Ipsos’ Clifford Young joined CNN Brazil to discuss how billionaires are influencing the 2024 Presidential election.
October 24, 2024- Watch as Ipsos’ Clifford Young discusses Americans’ attitudes toward Canada, American public opinion behind policies like tariffs, and how the 2024 U.S. election may affect Canada.
October 24, 2024 - Mallory Newall, Vice President of public polling, joins Seattle ARC News to discuss the impact of news consumption on voting and the presidential election issue landscape.
October 15, 2024 - Watch as Ipsos’ Clifford Young joins CNN Brazil’s William Waak to discuss the 2024 U.S. Presidential election, including the record number of early voters in Georgia.
October 3, 2024 - Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young joins Fox 5’s Jim Lokay to discuss where the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump stands, who performs better on the issues, who voters see as more relatable, and how the framing of the economy may end up deciding the election.
September 30, 2024: Watch as Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young sits down with Bloomberg to discuss how the 2024 Presidential election may come down to how Kamala Harris and Donald Trump frames the economy in the public’s eye.
September 16, 2024 - Ipsos' Mallory Newall speaks live with RTE, Ireland's national public service broadcaster, ahead of the September 10th presidential debate about what to expect and what the latest data shows in the U.S. presidential race.
September 15, 2024 - Ipsos’ Clifford Young joined William Waack on CNN Brazil to discuss the state of the 2024 U.S. Presidential election, including the issues and fundamentals that will be paramount to the race.
September 10, 2024 - Heading into the first Presidential debate, Ipsos’ Clifford Young joined Jim Lokay on Fox5 to run through the latest polling numbers on the Presidential race, including swing state polling, where Americans stand on the issues, and whether Americans view Trump or Harris as “weird.”
September 3, 2024 – In this episode of the Greenbook Podcast, hosts Lenny Murphy and Karen Lynch sit down with Cliff Young, President of Polling and Societal Trends at Ipsos, to explore the complexities and significance of political polling. The conversation delves into the challenges pollsters face in today’s fragmented media landscape, the methods used to accurately capture public opinion, and the role of polling in modern democracy. Cliff discusses the global trends affecting polling, the ethical responsibilities of pollsters, and how AI is beginning to influence the field.
August 30, 2024 – Listen in as Ipsos qualitative research expert, Elizabeth Jarosz, joins FOX’s election series, Battleground, for a deep dive into the key issues shaping the 2024 race in crucial swing states.
August 27, 2024 - Listen in as Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Cliff Young joins Bloomberg to discuss Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ plan to win over voters on the economy and how she stacks up to Republican nominee Donald Trump on the issues.
August 23, 2024 - Watch as Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Cliff Young speaks with CBC about the impact that independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s exit from the 2024 Presidential race may have on the election. Watch Now
August 20, 2024 - Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Cliff Young joined CNN Brazil to discuss the 2024 election, including how issues like the economy, inflation, and the Israel-Hamas war may affect the race.
August 6, 2024 - Watch as Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Cliff Young joins CNN Brazil to discuss the first campaign rally with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her newly appointed Vice-Presidential candidate Tim Walz.
July 25, 2024 - Listen in as Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Cliff Young joins the BBC’s Gethin Jones to talk recent developments in the US presidential race, including Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign.
July 24, 2024 - Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Cliff Young joined Fox5 to discuss recent economic trends, how Americans feel about Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, and where she’s performing better than Joe Biden.
July 24, 2024 - Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Cliff Young joined Bloomberg Balance of Power to discuss Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, including recent Reuters/Ipsos polling on the presidential race.
July 22, 2024 – With President Joe Biden announcing that he would not seek reelection in the 2024 Presidential race, watch as Cliff Young, Ipsos’ President of Polling and Societal Trends, speaks about Vice President Kamala Harris’ performance against former President Trump in the polls and how Harris can improve her standing among the American public.
July 18, 2024 – Watch as Cliff Young, Ipsos’ President of Polling and Societal Trends, joins CNN Brazil to discuss the U.S. presidential election, including how the first presidential debate and the attempted assassination of Donald Trump might affect the presidential race.
July 17, 2024 – Ipsos’ Sarah Mittal joins Scripps News to discuss how JD Vance’s beard might be perceived by voters. Sarah studies beards in the sales and service industry. She says facial hair signals a man is more masculine, smarter and stronger.
“People are using the beard as essentially a shortcut cue to assume that you must be a bit more experienced and a bit more trustworthy,” said Mittal, who is the director of the U.S. Behavioral Science Center at Ipsos North America.
July 2, 2024 - What did the 2024 Presidential debate change? Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young joined Jim Lokay of Fox5 to talk about the impact of the debate on public opinion.
July 2, 2024 - Watch as Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young joins Bloomberg to talk about how Americans felt about President Joe Biden’s performance in the first 2024 Presidential debate.
June 27, 2024 - Ipsos Discovers What Undecided Voters Really Feel Post-Debate
Curious about how undecided voters feel after the latest presidential debate? Listen in as Ipsos Moderator and Market Research Expert Elizabeth Jarosz, who partnered with Media Science’s neurometric lab, delves into voters’ reactions, revealing the complexities and true feelings behind their candidate choices.
Watch Elizabeth’s Raw Conversations With Undecided Voters Post Debate
Hear directly from undecided voters who share their unfiltered reactions and thoughts in a post-debate focus group led by Ipsos Moderator Elizabeth Jarosz.
The Truth Behind the Debate: What Keeps Voters Undecided
How much will presidential health affect the undecided vote?
Hear how abortion causes some undecideds to lean Biden
Could Gaza could cost Biden the election?
June 26, 2024 - Listen in as Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young joined Jim Lokay of Fox5 to run through Ipsos polling on the main issue, swing state polling, and Americans’ attitudes toward the economy.
June 5, 2024 - Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young joined No Nonsense with Pamela Wallin to discuss the state of U.S. politics and to preview the 2024 U.S. Presidential election.
June 4, 2024 - Watch as Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young joins Jim Lokay of Fox5 to talk Ipsos polling on the Trump conviction.
May 29, 2024 - Listen in as Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young joins CBC to talk about how a potential conviction in former President Donald Trump’s hush money case could affect the 2024 presidential race.
May 28, 2024 - Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young joined Bloomberg to talk about Ipsos polling on the main issue and the importance the main issue and other factors will play in determining the outcome of the 2024 presidential election.
May 15, 2024 - Watch as Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young runs through all the need-to-know Ipsos polling as we head into the 2024 election, including the political backdrop, how Americans feel about the main issues of the day, and how to digest horserace polling this far out from an election.
May 7, 2024 - Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young joined Bloomberg to talk about how Americans feel about the Trump trial, what a conviction might do to public opinion, and how Americans are feeling about the 2024 election in general.
May 7, 2024 - Listen in as Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young speaks to Bloomberg’s Balance of Power on how factors like Trump’s criminal indictments and Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas War may affect the 2024 election.
May 3, 2024 - Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young joins Voice of America to discuss recent Ipsos polling showing that political extremism and threats to democracy ranks as the top issue among Americans.
April 27, 2024 - Ipsos’ Mallory Newall joins The Race, Weekend Edition, on Scripps News to discuss why Americans can trust polls and how to interpret political polls.
April 22, 2024 - Ahead of a major global election year, Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young joined Professor Jan-Werner Müller at Princeton University to discuss Ipsos polling on trends in populist sentiment across the globe. Click here to access the presentation.
April 19, 2024: Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young joined Fox5 to discuss recent polling on Latino Americans, including how Latinos feel about immigration, the Biden-Trump presidential rematch, and the broader issue landscape.
April 9, 2024: Mallory Newall joins Scripps News’ “The Race” to discuss new public opinion data around abortion, immigration, and the presidential election.
April 8, 2024 - How might abortion play into the 2024 presidential race? Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young joined Bloomberg TV to talk about how former President Donald Trump’s recent messaging on abortion may play into the 2024 election and also discussed the other issues that will affect the race for the Oval Office.
March 28, 2024: Ipsos Vice President of Public Polling Mallory Newall joined Mike Collins of the NPR affiliate WFAE 90.7 to discuss a recent Ipsos poll on misinformation, the presence of fake news and misinformation in today’s society, and the role that fake news and misinformation has and will play in past and future elections.
March 28, 2024: Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young joined Bloomberg TV to talk about how support for independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy might evolve as we get closer to election day and how indicators like the consumer sentiment might play into the 2024 Presidential election.
March 27, 2024: Senior Data Journalist Sarah Feldman joins ARC Seattle to discuss the latest Ipsos polling on where America stands on electric vehicles (EV), the barriers to EV ownership, and what may encourage some Americans to consider getting an EV.
March 26, 2024: How are Americans feeling about a presidential rematch? In an appearance on Fox5, Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young discusses the biggest issues facing Americans, Biden’s job approval, how Americans feel about Trump’s indictments, and how independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. might shake up the presidential race.
March 8, 2024: Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young joined Scripps News to talk about President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address, why Biden is still lagging in the polls, and Biden’s strengths and weaknesses.
February 20, 2024 - Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young joined Bloomberg’s Balance of Power to talk everything 2024, including whether it’s too early to pay attention to national polling, how age affects both Biden and Trump, and how Trump’s many criminal indictments might affect his campaign.
February 19, 2024 - Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young joined Fox5’s Jim Lokay to look at the early indicators of the 2024 election, ranging from the economy to Biden and Trump’s age to the Hur Report.
February 19, 2024 - Clifford Young joined Scripps News to talk about Americans’ wants when it comes to abortion rights, immigration, and the Israel-Hamas war heading into the 2024 presidential election
February 06, 2024 - Why has President Joe Biden’s approval has remained low despite positive economic figures? Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young spoke with Voice of America to explain why and what these low approval ratings might mean for Biden’s 2024 reelection bid.
January 30, 2024 - Is it time to move onto the general election? Ipsos President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young joined Bloomberg TV to talk about Ipsos’ forecast for the 2024 presidential election and the factors that will affect the race for the Oval Office in 2024, including the economy, immigration, inflation, and exogenous “black swan” events.
January 12, 2024: Heading into the Iowa Caucuses, Ipsos’ President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young joined Fox5 Host Jim Lokay to give an update on where the Republican field stands as the Republican primary season kicks off.
January 5, 2024 - Ipsos’ President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young joined Fox News to discuss whether voters really care about a recent controversy surrounding Republican Presidential candidate Nikki Haley and how the 2024 Republican Presidential candidates are faring heading into the 2024 Iowa caucus.
December 19, 2023 - Ipsos’ President of Polling and Societal Trends Clifford Young joined C-SPAN to talk all things polling heading into the 2024 election.
December 3, 2023 - Where do Americans stand on climate change? Ipsos’ Clifford Young, President of Polling and Societal Trends, joined C-SPAN host Tia Mitchell to discuss just that amid ongoing discussions about climate change at COP28.