Rasmussen and Party ID – Part II
One of the challenges in evaluating the data available from Rasmussen Reports is that Scott Rasmussen’s methodology involves two significant departurRead More…
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Monday Morning Link Roundup
It’s Monday morning, and I’m still reeling from a week of trying to balance blogging, Passover travel and the ever present day job. But here isRead More…
Rasmussen and Party ID – Part I
And speaking of putting the results of the new “automated” surveys under a microscope, we have some new data this week on party identification from aRead More…
On Reporting Standards and “Scientific” Surveys
Two weeks ago, I posted a two-part series on an online spring break study conducted by the American Medical Association (AMA). That discussion cRead More…
Bush Approval Update
My apologies for the sparse posting since Wednesday. It’s been a busy week, and I’ve been working on a few items that decided to delay for variRead More…
More in Immigration
Gallup’s Frank Newport posted a multi-poll analysis this morning on American’s attitudes toward immigration policy. It is similar to some Read More…
“The Tide Has Turned on Party ID”
Last week, Gallup posted an analysis of the long term trend in party identification. Unfortunately, by the time I got a chance to read Jeff JonRead More…
Immigration: Ask Many Questions, Not One
Over the weekend, Mickey Kaus criticized an immigration question asked on a recent Time Magazine poll as having "comically biased wording." Read More…
Focus Groups – What They’re Not
Yesterday, the Hotline On Call blog reported on focus groups conducted by Republican pollster Frank Luntz recently among Democrats in Iowa and New HamRead More…
Newport’s Answer to Kurtz
A belated link: Two weeks ago, the Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz asked (and Mickey Kaus amplified) a question in his blog about "only compRead More…