Katrina Polling: Gallup Weighs In
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The Gallup Organization today released results from a new poll on the response to Hurricane Katrina, sponsored by CNN and USRead More…
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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.
Katrina Polling – More from SurveyUSA
[Support Katrina relief!] SurveyUSA’s Jay Leve emailed with some strong objections to my characterizations earlier today of their ongoing trackingRead More…
Katrina Polling – Part One
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Obviously, we have all been horrified by the human tragedy wrought by Hurrican Katrina. As a pollster and student of pRead More…
Katrina Blogburst
If you are a regular blog reader, you have no doubt been touched already by Instapundit’s call for a "blog burst" in which every blog recommRead More…
Bush Job Rating and 2006 Turnout
While MP and his family were enjoying time off at their undisclosed location, Mickey Kaus raised several questions about the Bush job rating, particulRead More…
The Mystery Vacation
Tomorrow, MP heads off on his annual family vacation. This will be MP’s first real vacation since starting this humble blog almost a year ago, aRead More…
2008 Presidential Polling in 2005: a REALLY Big Grain of Salt
The folks at National Journal’s Hotline raised an interesting question yesterday. How useful are the head-to-head preference polls being releaseRead More…
Self-Aggrandizing Wannabe Update
For those that just can’t get enough Mystery Pollster, two notes:
First, the Hotline Blogometer published its scintillating email "interview"Read More…
Bush Slide?
The must-read for today is the NY Times op-ed piece, by Pew’s Andrew Kohut and Peter Hoey, that compares public opinion and major events during the fRead More…
Off-Topic: Novak and Inside Politics
OK, totally off-topic for the Mystery Pollster, but in all the hullabaloo about Robert Novak storming off the set of Inside Politics earlier today, IRead More…