In 1998 Harry Pachon and Rudy de la Garza wrote a report for the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute titled “Why Pollsters Missed the Latino Vote – Again!” in which they argued that polls across California failed to accurately account for Latino voters in their samples, and that pre-election polls statewide […] Read more »
Fox News: Gallup’s Frank Newport speaks with Chris Wallace about presidential polling
Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace: Frank Newport, Gallup editor-in-chief, discusses their presidential tracking poll. Watch the latest video at <a href=”http://video.foxnews.com”>video.foxnews.com</a> Read more »
Google’s Crystal Ball
… My research suggests that by comparing Google search rates for voting information so far this year with search rates on comparable dates from previous elections, we might already be able to get a pretty good idea of the composition of the 2012 electorate. Despite the ubiquity of Google searching, […] Read more »
Our Brave New World: Ipsos Comment on AAPOR’s Statement on Credibility Intervals
The AAPOR statement on “Understanding a credibility interval” is fair, balanced, and agile in showing the complexity of the issues: in particular, that our changing survey research world demands new approaches and ways of thinking, especially with respect to nonprobability designs. Ipsos, as one of the firms which conducts online […] Read more »
FL: Mack’s consultant, Arthur Finkelstein, makes case for why every pollster has it wrong
We’re really not too sure if this is news but Republican Connie Mack’s political consultant Arthur Finkelstein thinks he can win. Nontheless, his analysis is telling and the fact they he’s posted on the candidates’s web site for the world to hold him accountable for it come Nov. 7 is […] Read more »
Xbox Live/YouGov Polling
Xbox, in conjunction with the polling company YouGov, has launched a new poll for this election cycle. The goal of the poll is threefold. First, Xbox wants to create an engaging product for its users. Second, the polling team wants to be able to provide meaningful insight into the 2012 […] Read more »