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Bush Job Approval Update

July 28, 2006November 13, 2019 Mark Blumenthal1 Comment on Bush Job Approval Update

This week brought a slew of new national surveys, but the trend in the Bush approval rating appears to be essentially flat since mid-June.  TRead More…

Even More on Measurement Error

July 27, 2006November 13, 2019 Mark Blumenthal

Tuesday’s post on a question wording experiment by Rasmussen Reports yielded some interesting comments and email.  Here is a sample. The RasmRead More…

Rasmussen Update: A Lesson in Measurement Error

July 25, 2006November 13, 2019 Mark Blumenthal7 Comments on Rasmussen Update: A Lesson in Measurement Error

Although still playing catch-up on the “day job,” I want to highlight something that has appeared without fanfare over the last week on Bush job apprRead More…

Quinnipiac’s Latest Connecticut Poll

July 21, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal2 Comments on Quinnipiac’s Latest Connecticut Poll

It’s been a busy week, with far more interesting topics than I have had time to blog.  Let’s start with the Quinnipiac Poll released yesterday Read More…

New Pew Blogger Study

July 19, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal8 Comments on New Pew Blogger Study

The Pew Internet and American Life project today released a fascinating study on Americans who consider themselves bloggers — that is who say they maRead More…

A Million Visits

July 17, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal2 Comments on A Million Visits

Without any fanfare about a week ago, this site quietly surpassed the mark of one million unique visits since October 2004.  While the most populRead More…

Lieberman Push Polls?

July 14, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal19 Comments on Lieberman Push Polls?

While public polls have been few and far between in the Connecticut Democratic primary, reports of "push polling" have been bubbling up throRead More…

The Fix: IVR Surveys & Response Rates

July 13, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal1 Comment on The Fix: IVR Surveys & Response Rates

Yesterday (just before the Typepad outage that prevented me from posting all day), Chris Cillizza’s The Fix blog at WashingtonPost.com took a helpful Read More…

Gallup: Bush Job Approval at 40%

July 11, 2006November 13, 2019 Mark Blumenthal4 Comments on Gallup: Bush Job Approval at 404

Gallup reported on their latest national survey today, which shows the Bush job approval rating bumping up to 40% (the Gallup release is free to all Read More…

Connecticut Primary Polls: No Easy Task

July 10, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal2 Comments on Connecticut Primary Polls: No Easy Task

For all the attention paid lately to the Connecticut’s upcoming Democratic primary election between Senator Joseph Lieberman and challenger Ned LamontRead More…

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