Main content

Americanswers… on 5 Live! How did the polls get the election so wrong?

And, how could Biden help Ukraine before he leaves office?

Join Justin, Sarah and Marianna as they answer your questions live with Matt Chorley from 5Live. In today’s episode, the Americast team discuss questions which include: at why the polling didn’t more accurately predict Trump’s win, whether the media got it wrong, whether everyone will accept the election result and, how might President Biden help Ukraine before he leaves office?

HOSTS:
• Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter
• Sarah Smith, North America Editor
• Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Senior Correspondent
• Matt Chorley, 5Live presenter

GET IN TOUCH:
• Join our online community: https://discord.gg/qSrxqNcmRB
• Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480
• Email Americast@bbc.co.uk
• Or use #Americast

This episode was made by Catherine Fusillo and George Dabby. The series producer is Purvee Pattni. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

If you want to be notified every time we publish a new episode, please subscribe to us on ý Sounds by hitting the subscribe button on the app.

You can now listen to Americast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask ý Sounds to play Americast”. It works on most smart speakers.

US Election Unspun: Sign up for Anthony’s ý newsletter: /news/world-us-canada-68093155

Americast is part of the ý News Podcasts family of podcasts. The team that makes Americast also makes lots of other podcasts, including The Global Story, The Today Podcast, and of course Newscast and Ukrainecast. If you enjoy Americast (and if you're reading this then you hopefully do), then we think that you will enjoy some of our other pods too. See links below.

The Global Story: /sounds/brand/w13xtvsd
The Today Podcast: /sounds/brand/p0gg4k6r
Newscast: /sounds/series/p05299nl
Ukrainecast: /sounds/brand/p0bqztzm

Available now

26 minutes

Last on

Monday 15:15

Broadcast

  • Monday 15:15

Podcast