Good evening, welcome. My name is matt abbott. Im director of development and diplomatic programs here in the Chicago Council of global affairs. Welcome to our program, today is on the record and we are live streaming. Please silence your phones though we do welcome social media engagement. Music by individuals are their own and do not represent views of the council. Before this Evenings Program begins we will here flash talk. The doctor is president of the people analytics. His work focussed on demystifying peoples behaviors and conflicts such as iran. He hails from Syracuse Maxwell school and ph. D. Of maryland. Following flash talk, ill introduce our candidates. Unfortunately, the director is unable to join us tonight. Please join me in welcoming the doctor. Hello. Hello. I appreciate the chance to be here. Hello to chicago. Its my first time here. Thanks for the welcome. [ applause ] thank you. My name is amir farmanesh. Im presenting on global affairs. It will be iranian Public Op
Good evening and welcome. Of governmenttor and diplomatic programs at the Chicago Council on global affairs. On voices our program of the iran hostage crisis. We are live streaming. Please silence your phones. We do welcome social media engagement. The council is a nonpartisan platform. The views of the individuals are their own and do not represent the views of the council. Fromll hear a flash talk the ceo and president of people analytics. Demystifyingses on peoples opinions and behaviors in difficult circumstances. Policy studiesin from university of maryland, college talk. Following the flash talk, i will introduce our panelists. At themer deputy chief embassy in iran is unable to join us tonight. M join me in welcoming the doctor. I appreciate the chance to be here. Hello, chicago. It is my first time here. [applause] thank you. My name is amir farmanesh. You,presenting a poll to the title being iranian Public Opinion after the hostage crisis. Companyn independent from toronto, ca
With a 20 point lead over clinton among independent voters with 49 for the republican candidate and as you can see 29 for secretary clinton. The remainder is split between libertarian candidate gary johnson and jill stein. We will get to what the candidates were doing and saying in a moment but first some analysis of the new poll data from john crush hauer politics editor here in washington. Great to be here, brit. We know the race has tightened. Is this trump rising or clinton sinking or what. Its pretty fascinating. Clinton is losing ground in the polls but trump isnt really gaining. The numbers you talked about independent voters. Donald trump is doing better than romney did in the 2012 polls with blue collar whited voters. We have this educational divide within the electorate. Where the cnn poll shows trump doing much better than mitt romney did with blue collar voters but doing much more poorly than did he with white collar voters. The difference in the margin, at least in this po
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