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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.
Little Change in September
Virtually every national survey organization following the presidential race released new surveys in the last four days. Is there any sign of a changRead More…
More on Party ID
My post on weighting by Party generated by far the most comment, and has left a few good questions unanswered. I’ll try to answer them in the next Read More…
The Odd Specialization
I’m slowly digging out from under the many comments and emails last week. Thanks to everyone who stopped by. I’ve got a long list of questions tRead More…
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Pop Quiz
Blogger Dalythoughts dug into the 2002 post-election analysis by the National Council on Public Polls (NCCP) and discovered what can happen when a polRead More…
Must Read WSJ Article
In a crush of work yesterday, I somehow missed a terrific article by Sharon Begley in the morning’s Wall Street Journal, “Public-Opinion Polls DiverRead More…
The Election Isn’t Held Today
So far, we have been talking about the limitations of polling, a topic that we will discuss in great detail going further. However, with a slew of neRead More…
No Mystery
First of all, I need to clear up one bit of unintended mystery. As of today, my real name appears on the right sidebar as “editor” and in the authoRead More…
In medias res
Thank you, Mr. Kaus (and, for that matter, Mr. Reynolds as well).
Now that I have your attention, you may be wondering, who am I, and what is this bloRead More…