On “Oversamples” and the AP-IPSOS MLK Holiday Poll
The Associated Press, in its usual partnership with IPSOS, released a survey yesterday (story, results & methodology) on attitudes on today’s holiRead More…
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On Fox, Pew, Outliers and the Bush Trend
Today I want to report with an assortment of observations relevant to our recent discussions of the Bush job rating and “house effects,” including coRead More…
So When Is An Attitude Really An Attitude?
I want to add a few quick follow-up thoughts on yesterday’s topic: The large differences across four national surveys in the number who offeredRead More…
And Pew Makes Four
Tonight we have another national survey to consider, this one released earlier today by the Pew Research Center (report, topline questionnaire , crosRead More…
Three New Polls
CBS News, ABC/Washington Post and Gallup/CNN/USAToday each released new surveys over the last 24 hours. The three polls each take in-depth lookRead More…
Gallup on Internet Use
Just a quick note for those who interested in polling data on Internet use (which is just about all of us, yes?): Today’s Gallup Poll Daily VideRead More…
Muskie in ’70
Mickey Kaus kindly linked to my post last Friday on the relatively high ratings of Hillary Clinton by rank-and-file Democrats, but added: "I’d stRead More…
Hillary, The Blogs & The Base
Over the last few weeks, bloggers have debated the appeal of a potential presidential candidacy by Hillary Clinton to the "base" of the DemoRead More…
Military Times Survey: Update
A quick update on yesterday’s post on the Military Times poll of its readers on active duty military service. I noted that the raw data was avaiRead More…
The Military Times Survey
The Military Times publications released a unique new survey yesterday of active duty members of the US armed services who also subscribe to their newRead More…