Rasmussen: A Clearer (and Corrected) Picture
I have a four word New Year’s resolution for Mystery Pollster: Shorter posts, more often. While I want to continue to look at pollinRead More…
Author: Mark Blumenthal
Mark Blumenthal is political pollster with deep and varied experience across survey research, campaigns, and media. The original "Mystery Pollster" and co-creator of Pollster.com, he explains complex concepts to a multitude of audiences and how data informs politics and decision-making. A researcher and consultant who crafts effective questions and identifies innovative solutions to deliver results. An award winning political journalist who brings insights and crafts compelling narratives from chaotic data.
Peace on Earth
I will be taking some time off this week to rest, recharge and spend some time with my family. I’ll be back in the New Year. So from my faRead More…
MP in POQ
Finally (for today) I have a surprise and something of a holiday gift from the editors of Public Opinion Quarterly.
As a personal venture, this blog hRead More…
Iraq Reading List – Update
Not surprisingly, having previously cited a series of academic papers and articles on the relationship between casualties and public support for the IRead More…
‘Twas the Survey Before Christmas…
As things wind down a bit before the holidays, I want to put a little perspective on our recent speculation about the trends in attitudes about PresiRead More…
Not Such An Outlier After All?
The Diageo/Hotline Poll…(story, press release, full results) shows a very different result for the Bush job rating: 50% approve, 47% disapprove.&nbsRead More…
Outliers Happen
Two new national surveys released late last week add yet another wrinkle to the question of whether the approval ratings of President Bush are on theRead More…
Typepad Outage
A quick update for those wondering why all of my posts from this week seemed to disappear overnight: Typepad, the service that hosts this humbleRead More…
Bush Bump-Up Stall?: Pew, NBC/WSJ & Zogby
Yesterday saw releases of two new national surveys by the Pew Research Center (report, questionnaire, tables) and NBC/Wall Street Journal (full resulRead More…
Zogby, Wal-Mart & Ethics
Last week, syndicated columnist Joel Mowbray took pollster John Zogby to task in the Washington Times for "serious ethical issues which call intoRead More…