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The MP Reader Survey

October 31, 2004October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal2 Comments on The MP Reader Survey

As I mentioned in the last post, I created a short online survey about this site that you can fill out by clicking this link. If you have read this bRead More…

And Now for Something Completely Different…

October 31, 2004October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal19 Comments on And Now for Something Completely Different…

You may have wondered why I disappeared for the last 24 hours or so. Well, another bit of personal business intruded. So, without further ado… The Read More…

Are They Breaking Yet?

October 30, 2004October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal26 Comments on Are They Breaking Yet?

Looking for validation of the incumbent rule, more than a few readers (including Mickey Kaus and Noam Scheiber) have asked when we can expect to see Read More…

Likely Voters VII: CBS/NYT

October 29, 2004October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal6 Comments on Likely Voters VII: CBS/NYT

Virtually all of the national surveys use some form of cut-off procedure to define likely voters. Respondents are either classified as likely or unliRead More…

Answering Erikson

October 28, 2004October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal9 Comments on Answering Erikson

The hardest part about blogging the last few weeks is that I get less time to simply read and surf than I used to. So you may already know about the Read More…

Housekeeping

October 28, 2004October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal1 Comment on Housekeeping

First, a blanket apology to all of you who have emailed over the last week or so. You have sent a ton of great questions. I wish I had time to answeRead More…

Likely Voters VI: Still More on Gallup

October 28, 2004October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal6 Comments on Likely Voters VI: Still More on Gallup

Of the two complaints about the Gallup likely voter (LV) model I covered in the last post, the first (that the selection procedure does not perfectly Read More…

Likely Voters V: More Gallup

October 28, 2004October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal20 Comments on Likely Voters V: More Gallup

In the last post I covered how the Gallup likely voter model works. In this post, I want to review criticisms of the model. An Imperfect Predictor?Read More…

Likely Voters IV – The Gallup Model

October 27, 2004October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal16 Comments on Likely Voters IV – The Gallup Model

So how do pollsters select likely voters? The best place to start is the Gallup likely voter model, the granddaddy of them all. Gallup is also wortRead More…

About Those Tracking Surveys

October 26, 2004October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal20 Comments on About Those Tracking Surveys

So admit it. At least once a day, possibly more often, you’ve been checking in on the various rolling-average tracking surveys. Most of us are. IfRead More…

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