Polling the Props: Part III
Picking up where we left off yesterday, if we want to understand the contradicting results in some of the public polls on California’s special electiRead More…
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Polling the Props: Part II
As the special election campaign draws to a close, the polls in California indicate an across-the-board sweep of four propositions supported by GoverRead More…
Polling the Props: Part I
The polling story in California just gets more and more interesting. It involves next week’s special election to consider, among others, four baRead More…
Watch Out for the Easy Out
As of last week (before yesterday’s indictment news) what portion of Americans believed “Bush administration officials” did something “illegal or uneRead More…
How Low Can It Go? – Epilogue
Two days of airports and MP continues to play catch-up at the office, so just another quickie post today: Today’s streaming video “Daily Briefing”Read More…
California Propositions: Pollster Showdown
MP apologizes for sparse posting over the next day or so, as his "day job" with little time for blogging. In the meantime, readers may wantRead More…
How Low Can It Go?
Following up on yesterday’s post, reader ZH asked some reasonable questions about presidential approval ratings: How low does a president’s approvRead More…
Diageo/Hotline Poll: Same Poll, New Name
The latest poll is out from National Journal’s Hotline, although now with a new sponsor and two new names: The Diageo/Hotline poll conducted by Read More…
Getting Past the Noise: Bush Slide Continues
The release of new results from six major public pollsters over the last two weeks provides a great opportunity to learn something about both the limRead More…
UPDATE: 2% Among African-Americans?
A quick update on yesterday’s post: First, some of those who left comments yesterday seem to miss the main point. MP has no doubt that AfRead More…