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An “Immigration-Enforcement” Third Party?

April 28, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal6 Comments on An “Immigration-Enforcement” Third Party?

Yesterday, our friend Mickey Kaus highlighted a question from a recent Rasmussen automated survey worth examining a bit more closely.  The questiRead More…

An Online Poll on an Online Activity

April 26, 2006November 13, 2019 Mark Blumenthal6 Comments on An Online Poll on an Online Activity

One of the gratifying things about writing this blog is the collective power of Mystery Pollster readers.  Last week, I emailed some questions tRead More…

MP on WTWP

April 25, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal

Short notice, I know, by yours truly will be a guest on Washington Post Radio this afternoon at about 2:30, along with Post pollsters Richard Morin anRead More…

CNN & ORC: The Real “Breaking News?”

April 24, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal2 Comments on CNN & ORC: The Real “Breaking News?”

Thanks to the loyal reader who alerted MP to this just released poll (story, full results) by CNN which puts the Bush job approval rating at yet anothRead More…

The Question That Answers Itself

April 21, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal5 Comments on The Question That Answers Itself

A few weeks ago, our friend Mickey Kaus described a question asked on a recent Time Magazine poll as having "comically biased wording."&nbspRead More…

Salience of Immigration Rising

April 20, 2006November 13, 2019 Mark Blumenthal4 Comments on Salience of Immigration Rising

Gallup brings us the polling story of the day with a report of a “significant” increase in the percentage of Americans who consider immigration and gRead More…

Rasmussen and Party ID – Part II

April 19, 2006November 13, 2019 Mark Blumenthal3 Comments on Rasmussen and Party ID – Part II

One of the challenges in evaluating the data available from Rasmussen Reports is that Scott Rasmussen’s methodology involves two significant departurRead More…

Monday Morning Link Roundup

April 17, 2006November 13, 2019 Mark Blumenthal

It’s Monday morning, and I’m still reeling from a week of trying to balance blogging, Passover travel and the ever present day job.  But here isRead More…

Rasmussen and Party ID – Part I

April 13, 2006November 13, 2019 Mark Blumenthal3 Comments on Rasmussen and Party ID – Part I

And speaking of putting the results of the new “automated” surveys under a microscope, we have some new data this week on party identification from aRead More…

On Reporting Standards and “Scientific” Surveys

April 10, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal2 Comments on On Reporting Standards and “Scientific” Surveys

Two weeks ago, I posted a two-part series on an online spring break study conducted by the American Medical Association (AMA).  That discussion cRead More…

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