NCPP Special Citation
Just wanted to pass on some very flattering news for MP. The National Council of Public Polls (NCPP) today announced the winners of it’s "ERead 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.
Judicial Filibuster: Post Mortem
MP is admittedly still playing catch up, but the explosion of polling on judicial nominees deserves a bit of a follow-up. Viewed side-by-side, Read More…
The Pew Typology
While I was focused on the AAPOR conference, I missed the release two weeks ago by the Pew Research Center of their massive new "Typology" sRead More…
AAPOR Remainders
Some additional items of interest from the AAPOR conference
Peter Coy of Businessweek was also on hand and filed some commentary. One point he eRead More…
AAPOR: Exit Poll Presentation
Unfortunately, the sleep deprivation experiment that was my AAPOR conference experience finally caught up with me Saturday night. So this may bRead More…
AAPOR: Day Two
A few quick notes from some of the sessions I attended yesterday at the AAPOR conference:
Keep in mind that the "working papers" presented aRead More…
AAPOR: Day One
As promised, I am reporting to you from beautiful Miami Beach at the first day of the annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion ReRead More…
On “Smackdowns” and Fraud
The big news at the newly minted Huffington Post is that two of its "celebrity" bloggers have taken up the exit-polls-as-evidence-of-vote-frRead More…
AAPOR Conference: Correspondents Wanted
As I have mentioned a few times in recent weeks, I will be in Miami the latter half of this week to attend the annual meeting of the American AssociatRead More…
UK Polls: Anthony Wells
Unfortunately, I’m at least a week late with this recommendation, but perhaps for true political polling junkies it will be better late than never.&nbRead More…