Bush “Bump Up” Update: CBS/NYTimes Poll
The latest CBS News/New York Times survey out this morning (conducted December 2-6) shows a five percentage point gain in President Bush’s approval raRead More…
Demystifying the art and science of pre-election polling – By Mark Blumenthal
The latest CBS News/New York Times survey out this morning (conducted December 2-6) shows a five percentage point gain in President Bush’s approval raRead More…
I want to follow-up briefly on one point raised by yesterday’s post on recent patterns in the Bush job rating. Professor Franklin’s graphic shoRead More…
Are the Bush job approval numbers reviving? That is what a lot of MP’s readers have been wondering, especially those who (like Mickey Kaus) folRead More…
A story on the front of Sunday’s New York Times shines new light on the work on support for the Iraq War by Chris Gelpi, Peter Feaver, and Jason ReiflRead More…
Yesterday’s front-page analysis of President Bush’s Iraq speech earlier this week by the Washington Post’s Peter Baker included a reference to some reRead More…
The Wall Street Journal’s "Numbers Guy" Carl Bialik takes a look this week at the various measures used to estimate retail sales over the ThRead More…
A quick update on the Columbus Dispatch poll: The folks at the Dispatch have kindly provided the full text of the questions asked on their final pre-eRead More…
Just enough time today to pass on a few odds and ends before taking a few days off for the holiday:
A New Poll – We have another nationalRead More…
At end of my long post on the recent problems with the Columbus Dispatch poll, I passed along a tip from an Ohio election lawyer that a recent "oRead More…
I was reading through an embarrassingly long backlog of email today and came across one message I meant to respond to weeks ago. In my first posRead More…