How To Win Arguments With Numbers

In this season we look at different issues surrounding elections. In the fifth episode we talk to Professor Robert S. Erikson from Columbia University about the upcoming US Midterm Elections. With all 435 seats in the house of representatives and 35 seats in the senate being contested, there are a range of possible outcomes, all of which would have a lasting effect on the country and the current government. How will both parties do? And will Donald Trump's popularity ratings have an effect? The University of Kent Q-Step Centre is part of a multi-million pound national initiative to foster a step change in the quantitative and statistical skills of social sciences undergraduates. For more information, see our website: www.kent.ac.uk/qstep/. Tweet us at @UniKentQstep Intro and Outro Music Credits: Massive Attack - Poddington Bear. Used under a Creative Commons Attribution License.