As the presidential election lingers only a week away, people all over the country are steadily watching the polls, but what exactly do polls do for the American audience? Do polls somehow change voters鈥� minds or inspire the once disinterested to vote? Host Frank Stasio talks about the impact of polls with Thomas Jensen, the director of Raleigh鈥檚 ; and , a professor of political science at North Carolina State University.
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's 瓜神app Director.