New Polls, Old Arguments
New polls are out this morning from both CBS (story, results) and CNN/USAToday/Gallup (CNN story & results, USAToday story) that show continuing lRead More…
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Polls on Censure?
The proposal by Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) to censure President Bush over the domestic eavesdropping program crossed an important threshold this morRead More…
Kane on the Zogby Iraq Troop Poll
RealClearPolitics has posted a highly critical op-ed piece by Tim Kane of the Heritage Foundation on the recent Zogby poll of US troops in Iraq. Read More…
Microtargeting by Tele-Town Hall?
And while we’re on the topic of "micro-targeting," here’s a related item. The Hotline reported yesterday (via their free On Call blog)Read More…
Legitimate Microtargeting
Today I want to clarify a point about the concept of "micro-targeting" raised in my posts two weeks ago about those mysterious Roboscam callRead More…
Roboscam Update
With all the distractions last week, MP neglected to post an update on the "Roboscam" calls he obsessed about two weeks ago. For now, Read More…
Quick Links
A busy Monday brings a number of polling related items worth a quick link: This morning, the Washington Post released results from its latest poll taRead More…
The latest from CNN/USAToday/Gallup
The latest CNN/USAToday/Gallup poll is out this morning, and it generally confirms the results of the surveys released earlier in the week from CBS NRead More…
Zogby Troop Poll: The Random Probability Sample
On the Zogby poll of U.S. troops in Iraq, I need to make one point that was implicit in my comments on Wednesday a bit more explicit. While muchRead More…
Zogby Troop Poll: Full Results Posted & the Hewitt Interview
Several readers have asked whether Zogby had released the full text of the survey questions and full results. MP asked for and received the fullRead More…