Polls and the Presidential Election

The OLLI Distinguished Speakers Series presents
Professor Tom Hodgson on

Polls and the Presidential Election

In democracies, citizens choose their most powerful political leaders via ballots, the ultimate poll. For all kinds of reasons, we are bombarded daily with the results of opinion polls which attempt to offer snapshots of our nationʼs state of mind and a crystal ball to help us prepare for events to come. But what do polls actually represent, and what do they reveal? Join Tom Hodgson for an interactive exploration of the role polls play in our nationʼs political life.

Tom Hodgson is a Williams College alumni and holds an M.A. in philosophy from Yale University. He is an Instructor Emeritus at Phillips Academy Andover, where he taught courses in ethics, logic, political philosophy, existentialism, metaphysics and theory of knowledge for over forty years. There he also coached multiple sports, and advised generations of students. Career highlights: Newman Teaching Foundation; Chair, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies; Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Williams College; Director of the B.A.S.K. interdisciplinary summer program in Kunming, China.