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Roboscam: More from the Real USA Polling Group

February 23, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal2 Comments on Roboscam: More from the Real USA Polling Group

Another quick Roboscam update.  See the post earlier today for the context, but as a result of my calls to the staff of the real "USA PollinRead More…

Roboscam: More From SurveyUSA

February 23, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal5 Comments on Roboscam: More From SurveyUSA

Another quick  update.  MP received an email this morning from Jay Leve, president of SurveyUSA regarding the "roboscam" phone calRead More…

Roboscam Update

February 22, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal2 Comments on Roboscam Update

Tonight MP can report quite a bit of news on yesterday’s "roboscam" post: The calls are probably illegal, readers have emailed with reports Read More…

Numbers Guy: Palestinian Exit Polls

February 22, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal

Carl Bialik, the "Numbers Guy" for the Wall Street Journal Online," has a comprehensive review of the Palestinian exit poll snafu now oRead More…

RoboScam: Not Your Father’s Push Poll

February 21, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal23 Comments on RoboScam: Not Your Father’s Push Poll

The plot thickens.  The automated calls we noted Friday received in the New York Congressional District of Republican Congressman John Sweeney (aRead More…

SurveyUSA Copycat?

February 17, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal3 Comments on SurveyUSA Copycat?

A quick post on an odd news item on automated pollster Survey USA (via alert reader LS).  The Glens Falls NY Post-Star reported a week ago that SRead More…

Belated Update: Gallup on Weighting by Party

February 16, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal8 Comments on Belated Update: Gallup on Weighting by Party

After yesterday’s post on Gallup’s decision to start reporting two different types of rolling averages regarding the president’s job approval rating, Read More…

Gallup & The Samplemiser

February 15, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal1 Comment on Gallup & The Samplemiser

The latest poll release from Gallup includes what appears to be a new approach for reporting their data on the job approval rating of President GeorgeRead More…

Bush Job Rating: No SOTU Bounce

February 14, 2006November 13, 2019 Mark Blumenthal3 Comments on Bush Job Rating: No SOTU Bounce

Four organizations have now reported conventional national surveys since the State of the Union, and collectively they show little or no movement in Read More…

Gallup on Blogs 2006

February 10, 2006November 13, 2019 Mark Blumenthal6 Comments on Gallup on Blogs 2006

Gallup has a new report out today updating data released last year on self-reported blogs readership.  Senior Editor Lydia Saad concludes that gRead More…

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