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Is RFK, Jr. Right About Exit Polls? – Part III

June 9, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal7 Comments on 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

June 8, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal4 Comments on 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?”

June 6, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal1 Comment on 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

June 5, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal60 Comments on 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…

Corrections!: An AMA Spring Break Update

June 1, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal3 Comments on Corrections!: An AMA Spring Break Update

We have had some new developments over the last few days regarding the online Spring Break study conducted earlier this year by the American Medical ARead More…

Words Worth Remembering

May 31, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal4 Comments on Words Worth Remembering

One of the great rewards of writing this blog is the incredible diversity of its readers — everyone from ordinary political junkies to the some of thRead More…

Rasmussen Update

May 30, 2006November 13, 2019 Mark Blumenthal

Scott Rasmussen launched a new look for his Rasmussen Reports web page last week, so I thought it might be a good time to update the chart that compaRead More…

MP on NSA Polls on CBS Public Eye

May 26, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal1 Comment on MP on NSA Polls on CBS Public Eye

Today I accepted an invitation to contribute to the "Outside Voices" feature on the CBS News blog "Public Eye."  My post — aRead More…

Generic Ballot: What Does it Measure?

May 25, 2006November 13, 2019 Mark Blumenthal3 Comments on Generic Ballot: What Does it Measure?

Several readers have asked for my opinion on the so-called “generic vote” or “generic ballot” asked on national surveys to gauge Congressional vote pRead More…

SurveyDNA

May 23, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal3 Comments on SurveyDNA

Here is another interesting piece of news announced during the AAPOR conference:   Automated pollster SurveyUSA plans to introduce a new serRead More…

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