Americans’ increasing reliance on electronic sources of information and methods of communication led some pollsters and media outlets to embrace online polling this year, and its fairly accurate performance in predicting the results of the election is reigniting a longstanding feud within the survey-research field. …
The performance of Internet polls, along with the profound and rapid changes in the way Americans communicate, is forcing pollsters and news organizations to confront anew the viability of surveying voters via their computers. [cont.]
Steven Shepard, National Journal
See also:
Gordon S. Black & George Terhanian: Using the Internet for Election Forecasting
Humphrey Taylor: The Case For Publishing (Some) Online Polls