Anyone can ask a survey question online – but does that make it a good poll? 🤔 They might call themselves a pollster, but their methods aren’t exactly best practice — and the internet is flooded with these low-quality polls.  Here are a few simple things you can look for to tell whether a poll is legit or sketchy. Executive Producer, Creative Director & Story Editor: Sara Atske Research & Story Editor: Courtney Kennedy Animation Director: Fabian Tejada Design: Jesus Cardenas Video: Antonio Villaronga Sound Editing: Chris Mastellone 0:00 Introduction 0:10 Not all polls are equal 0:40 Who ran the poll? 0:48 What’s their angle? 1:00 Are the respondents real? 1:14 Did they show their work? Thanks to: Andrea Caumont, Nida Asheer, Ashley Amaya, Peter Bell, David Kent, Stacy Rosenberg, Shannon Greenwood, and Blythe Thomas ABOUT PEW RESEARCH CENTER Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the wo...