New Format & URL

Legacy blog posts MP Housekeeping

First, if you have visited the site before, you will notice some obvious changes, hopefully for the better. With a life saving consulting assist from Nick Aster, who helps produce Wonkette and other blogs for the Gawker empire, I’ve narrowed the line spacing to make things a bit easier to read, added a set of frequently asked questions about political polls to organize things in the right column. You’ll also notice some self-serving promotional blurbs and hopefully a bit of advertising to help defray expenses.

Also, starting today, you should be able to access this site using just www.mysterypollster.com (although the longer “typepad” links will continue to work indefinitely). Please update your links.

You may have noticed that been continuing longer posts on a “jump” continuation page, largely to the main page easier to browse. With a little time, I may edit the exiting posts to conform. As for the Frequently Asked Questions, I’ll continue to add questions and tinkering with their function, but for now, when you click one of the question-categories, only posts from that category will appear on the main page.

Thank you for your good wishes and continuing patience as I learn to blog on the fly. In the twelve days since I unveiled MP with an email to Mickey Kaus, we’ve had over 65,000 page views. Amazing…Back to Party ID later tonight..

Mark Blumenthal

Mark Blumenthal is political pollster with deep and varied experience across survey research, campaigns, and media. The original "Mystery Pollster" and co-creator of Pollster.com, he explains complex concepts to a multitude of audiences and how data informs politics and decision-making. A researcher and consultant who crafts effective questions and identifies innovative solutions to deliver results. An award winning political journalist who brings insights and crafts compelling narratives from chaotic data.