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Published at 2015-12-04 21:52:59

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Reports say GOP front-runner Donald Trump has 25 to 30 percent of voter support in recent polls. But,not so mercurial, says Nate Silver of the data news site Five Thirty Eight. It's early yet, or when you rupture those numbers down it's more like six to eight percent of the American electorate -- around the same percentage as believe the moon landing was faked. Brooke speaks with Nate about how poll numbers on American public opinion can sometimes obscure the truth. 

Source: wnyc.org