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…
Category: Sampling Issues
Ideology as a “Diagnostic?” – Part II
In Part One of this series, we looked at the differences in yearlong averages for self-reported ideology reported by four different pollsters: Read More…
Ideology as a “Diagnostic?” – Part I
A few weeks ago, blogger Gerry Daly (Dalythoughts) took a close look at self-reported ideology as reported on several national polls. Daly was Read More…
AAPOR Remainders
Some additional items of interest from the AAPOR conference
Peter Coy of Businessweek was also on hand and filed some commentary. One point he eRead More…
More on Dueling Florida Polls
Another update on my last post on the mysterious difference in opinion on whether Jeb Bush should run for president as measured by two publicly releaRead More…
Should Jeb Run…Or Not:?
The Hotline (subscription required) caught an intriguing polling conflict yesterday. A just released Quinnipiac poll of 1,007 Florida "voteRead More…
Lessons: Mobile Phones
In today’s Washington Post, Richard Morin provides an important epilogue on the issue of mobile-phone-only voters. As I wrote before the election, sRead More…
Military Absentees?
And speaking of uncovered voters… Several readers asked about active duty military personnel stationed overseas who will vote by absentee ballot. Read More…
More on Mobile Phones
I want to clarify a few points from Friday’s post on mobile phones, based on some of the very thoughtful reader comments. First, it is temptingRead More…
Mobile Phones
Arianna Huffington, a frequent critic of political polling, is weighing in once again with an indictment of the "downright dangerous impact that Read More…