Update: Military Social Conservatives
Let’s hear it for MP’s readers. Both in comments and via email, I have heard from political scientists pointing to much better sources of data oRead More…
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No “Social Conservatives” in the Career Military?
A reader emailed to ask about a comment made in a column last week by the Wall Street Journal’s Peggy Noonan (as noted by Mickey Kaus): I’ve nevRead More…
Updates
My apologies for the slow rate of posting this week. I had a number of non-blog deadlines all fall within about week’s time and they have taken Read More…
The Latest from CBS & USAToday/Gallup
Both USAToday/Gallup and CBS News are out with new polls this week that provide slightly conflicting views of the impact of the death last week of AbRead More…
The First Iowa Caucus Poll
Yesterday, the Des Moines Register released the first public poll asking likely participants about how they might vote in the 2008 Iowa Democratic CauRead More…
The Netroots Survey at YearlyKos
A note for regular readers: I am flying to the YearlyKos Conference in Las Vegas this morning to help present a unique survey later today of theRead More…
Is RFK, Jr. Right About Exit Polls? – Part III
This post resumes my paragraph-by-paragraph review of the discussion of the exit polls in the article by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in Rolling Stone, &quoRead More…
Is RFK, Jr. Right About Exit Polls? – Part II
This post resumes my look at the article by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in Rolling Stone, "Was the 2004 Election Stolen?" In Part I, Read More…
Gallup: A “Modest Improvement?”
I am at work on the second part of the series looking at RFK, Jr. on exit polls, but will likely be bogged down by the “day job” for the afternoonRead More…
Is RFK, Jr. Right About Exit Polls? – Part I
Late last week, Rolling Stone published an article by Robert Kennedy, Jr. that asks provocatively, "Was the 2004 Election Stolen?" WhiRead More…