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The Numbers Guy on Domestic Eavesdropping Polls

February 7, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal1 Comment on The Numbers Guy on Domestic Eavesdropping Polls

Ah the travails of the not-yet-full-time blogger.  Expecting an unusually busy day, I woke early this morning to write up a post on this week’s cRead More…

SOTU Update: Putting it Into Context

February 6, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal

I cannot help adding one more footnote to our discussion about "instant reaction" polls conducted after the State of the Union (SOTU) speecRead More…

SOTU Update: Nielsen Ratings

February 3, 2006November 13, 2019 Mark Blumenthal3 Comments on SOTU Update: Nielsen Ratings

One of the big questions I have about the instant reaction polling on the State of the Union (SOTU) address is the size of the audience and how it haRead More…

SOTU Instant Reaction Update

February 1, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal

As expected, both Gallup and CBS News conducted instant analysis surveys among debate watchers last night.  Last night, Gallup called back responRead More…

SOTU: On Bounces and Spin

January 31, 2006November 13, 2019 Mark Blumenthal7 Comments on SOTU: On Bounces and Spin

From the polling perspective, if recent history repeats itself, we can assume two things will occur after the President’s State of the Union (SOTU) sRead More…

Pre-SOTU Polls

January 30, 2006November 13, 2019 Mark Blumenthal8 Comments on Pre-SOTU Polls

The last week  brought a batch of new surveys from the national pollsters.  While these include new questions that go into great depth on pRead More…

Diageo/Hotline Updates

January 21, 2006November 13, 2019 Mark Blumenthal2 Comments on Diageo/Hotline Updates

A very busy end-of-week left me with only enough time to note the latest Diageo/Hotline poll which was released on Thursday (press release, results, Read More…

Polling on Impeachment – Part 1

January 19, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal12 Comments on Polling on Impeachment – Part 1

At a town hall meeting in San Francisco on Monday, according to a report in the LA Times, Democratic Minority Leader. Nancy Pelosi had to shout "Read More…

More Bush Job Rating Polls

January 17, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal3 Comments on More Bush Job Rating Polls

Just have time to post links to a few new surveys that included the Bush job rating that I had not seen last week or that have been released since.&nbRead More…

On “Oversamples” and the AP-IPSOS MLK Holiday Poll

January 16, 2006October 1, 2019 Mark Blumenthal3 Comments on On “Oversamples” and the AP-IPSOS MLK Holiday Poll

The Associated Press, in its usual partnership with IPSOS, released a survey yesterday (story, results & methodology) on attitudes on today’s holiRead More…

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