… What if Fox were to collaborate with some politically neutral organization — say, Gallup — and do a joint poll, where they agree ahead of time on the questions and then they just start off the phone call with, “We’re calling from the Gallup Poll . . .” or “We’re calling from the Fox News Poll . . .”? …
What would happen? I’m guessing that conservatives who might not respond to the Gallup poll would be more likely to answer the Fox interviewers, while liberals and moderates might get turned off by the Fox label. CONT.
Andrew Gelman (Columbia), The Monkey Cage