So What *Is* A Push Poll?
Over the weekend, Greg Sargent of TPMCafe reported on what he considers "push polling, no question," involving some calls that trash two DemRead More…
Demystifying the art and science of pre-election polling – By Mark Blumenthal
Over the weekend, Greg Sargent of TPMCafe reported on what he considers "push polling, no question," involving some calls that trash two DemRead More…
While public polls have been few and far between in the Connecticut Democratic primary, reports of "push polling" have been bubbling up throRead More…
Another day and yet another poll on the NSA phone records controversy. This one, conducted on Friday and Saturday by USAToday and Gallup (n=809,Read More…
Today I want to clarify a point about the concept of "micro-targeting" raised in my posts two weeks ago about those mysterious Roboscam callRead More…
With all the distractions last week, MP neglected to post an update on the "Roboscam" calls he obsessed about two weeks ago. For now, Read More…
Let’s stay on the subject of the domestic eavesdropping issue, but go back to what real polls have to say about it. Today, Gallup’s Frank NewpoRead More…
[Note: MP is cross-posting the following at the site TPM Cafe. It mostly reviews material that will be familiar to regular readers, but doRead More…
Another quick Roboscam update. See the post earlier today for the context, but as a result of my calls to the staff of the real "USA PollinRead More…
Another quick update. MP received an email this morning from Jay Leve, president of SurveyUSA regarding the "roboscam" phone calRead More…
Tonight MP can report quite a bit of news on yesterday’s "roboscam" post: The calls are probably illegal, readers have emailed with reports Read More…