The NYT Reader’s Guide to Polls
Jack Rosenthal, a former senior editor of the New York Times, filled in as the guest Public Editor” this past Sunday and devoted the column to a remaRead More…
Year: 2006
Vacation
And finally . . . As readers may have guessed from the lack of posts the last few days, I am trying to take a much needed vacation break this week.&nRead More…
Crosstabs.org
Last week I discovered an interesting new blog devoted to political polling called Crosstabs.org. Actually, Crosstabs.org is something of a blogRead More…
So What *Is* A Push Poll?
Over the weekend, Greg Sargent of TPMCafe reported on what he considers "push polling, no question," involving some calls that trash two DemRead More…
Another Online Poll on Online Activity
Last week’s "Numbers Guy" column by Carl Bialik of the Wall Street Journal Online looked at another online survey about an online activity, Read More…
CT: Party ID from Quinnipiac Poll
In the busy run-up to a long needed vacation, I have not had a chance to write about the new Quinnipiac Connecticut poll released last week. HowRead More…
More on the CT Exit Poll Experiment
Today I want to catch up and fill in a few details provided by our intrepid reader/reporter Melanie about that experimental CBS/New York Times exit poRead More…
Incumbent Rule Redux
Time to revisit "incumbent rule," thanks to Mickey Kaus who highlighted this observation last week by Michael Barone’s column in U.S. News &Read More…
New Polls from Fox, AP
Apologies for slow posting since Wednesday – it’s been a busy week. Taking a step back from the Connecticut primary, two new national pollRead More…
Connecticut Epilogue
The nearly final 3.6% margin by which Ned Lamont defeated Joe Lieberman in yesterday’s Connecticut Senate Primary (with 98% of precincts counted, LamRead More…