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…
Category: Legacy blog posts
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…
About that YouGov Poll of British Muslims
Reader BK emailed with a question about a survey of Muslims in the United Kingdom conducted for the London Daily Telegraph by the company YouGov just Read More…
Sneaky Plame Poll? Part II
So, as promised in Part I, let’s continue to consider the post on Redstate.org last week by Jay Cost (aka the Horserace Blogger) that sharply crRead More…
Sneaky Plame Poll? A Reality Check
Earlier this week, ABC News released poll results concerning the federal investigation of the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame’s identity. ThRead More…
Iraq the Vote: More from CBS
Unfortunately, it’s a busy day in MP-land, with time for just another quick update on recent polling on retrospective and prospective views of the warRead More…
Iraq the Vote: Hotline/Westhill Takes Up the Challenge
Another update on the work of Duke academics Peter Feaver, Christopher Gelpi and Jason Reifler concerning the underpinnings of popular support for theRead More…
Internet Polling: Unfulfilled Promise
An update on the topic of Internet based political polling: Last week, I noted that some influential academic research on public opinion and the Iraq Read More…