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Mobile Phone Update

May 16, 2006November 13, 2019 Mark Blumenthal7 Comments on Mobile Phone Update

Two important reports were released over the last few days on the growing number of Americans with a mobile phone but no “wired” phone service and thRead More…

Gallup on NSA Phone Records

May 15, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal3 Comments on Gallup on NSA Phone Records

Another day and yet another poll on the NSA phone records controversy.  This one, conducted on Friday and Saturday by USAToday and Gallup (n=809,Read More…

Another Day, A Very Different Result

May 13, 2006November 13, 2019 Mark Blumenthal6 Comments on Another Day, A Very Different Result

Well, another day, another — very different — set of poll results on the NSA phone records surveillance issue.  On a new survey out today fromRead More…

ABC/WaPo on NSA Phone Records

May 12, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal34 Comments on ABC/WaPo on NSA Phone Records

Did yesterday’s USAToday story on the collection of domestic telephone records by the NSA do President George Bush a backhanded favor?  An overniRead More…

Mom’s Pay: Another Non-Random Sample

May 11, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal1 Comment on Mom’s Pay: Another Non-Random Sample

The Wall Street Journal Online’s Carl Bialik is on the case of another non-random sample survey conducted online.  In this week’s Numbers Guy colRead More…

The Latest from CBS/NYT

May 10, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal1 Comment on The Latest from CBS/NYT

Another day, another very high profile poll release.  Today, it’s the latest from the CBS/New York Times (see NYTimes article, results; CBS articRead More…

Good News, Bad News & The Blogosphere

May 9, 2006November 13, 2019 Mark Blumenthal10 Comments on Good News, Bad News & The Blogosphere

The last few days have been busy in terms of new national polls released, yet the commentary on those polls in the blogosphere strikes me as typical.Read More…

More on Rasmussen, Immigration & Third Parties

May 8, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal8 Comments on More on Rasmussen, Immigration & Third Parties

Today, thanks to  pollster Scott Rasmussen, we have an update on that hypothetical third-party/immigration question he asked a few weeks ago on oRead More…

Job Approval at Midterm

May 5, 2006November 13, 2019 Mark Blumenthal5 Comments on Job Approval at Midterm

Earlier in the week, MP posted links to the latest surveys by USAToday/Gallup and CBS News and anticipated an updated trend chart that our friend ChaRead More…

Trackback SPAM

May 4, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal

Unfortunately, a "housekeeping" item chewed up my blogging time today.  I discovered this morning that MysteryPollster has been receiviRead More…

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