The Labour leader Ed Miliband may have stumbled badly in the British election, but there was another big loser on Thursday night: the pollsters who were far off the mark and failed to see the outright majority won by Prime Minister David Cameron and his Conservative Party. … Professor Leighton […] Read more »
Voter surveys must be neutral and without bias, pollsters say
Conducting surveys of voters’ attitudes on such controversial issues as teacher tenure, layoffs and seniority can be challenging and need to be handled with neutrality and without bias, according to the bipartisan team that handled a recent USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll. … Unions representing teachers expressed concerns about how […] Read more »
Why Bloomberg’s Poll on Income Inequality is Misleading
What do Americans think of income inequality? In two recent polls, we get very different views of Americans’ views about the government’s potential role in reducing the disparity. A CBS News poll suggests a clear majority believing the government should do “more to reduce the gap between the rich and […] Read more »
Despite Optimism, Many Cubans Still Wish To Leave, Secret Poll Finds
NPR’s Melissa Block talks to Fernand Amandi about how his research firm was able to conduct a secret, comprehensive poll in Cuba without the Cuban government knowing about it. NPR News Read more »
Surveying Cubans under the Castro government
How do you conduct a reliable public opinion poll in a closely monitored society where political dissent is strictly repressed? That was the significant hurdle for the Univision Noticias/Fusion poll of Cubans, reported in collaboration with The Washington Post. CONT. Peyton M. Craighill, Washington Post Read more »
How Does Language Impact Public Opinion Polls?
Democracy depends on an understanding of the people’s will, but there’s one big problem: Oftentimes the people don’t know what they want. Take the Indiana “Religious Freedom” law that allows businesses to refuse service to same-sex couples. The law is sparking headlines and nation-wide protests, but, it’s damn near impossible […] Read more »