Polling when public attention is limited: Different questions, different results

When three different polling organizations conducted surveys last weekend to gauge public reaction to the news about the Department of Justice’s subpoenas of reporters’ phone records, their findings were quite different – a case study in the challenges pollsters face in a breaking news environment when public attention and information is relatively limited. [cont.]

Michael Dimock, Pew

Recent polls: AP phone records

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