… The Rand Corp. is trying something quite different this year. And part of what’s interesting is that the results are pretty much the same as everybody else’s. Rand’s 2012 Presidential Election Poll involves a single panel of voters who are asked the same three questions over and over. Since […] Read more »

NBC’s Domenico Montanaro addresses the criticism of some who believe public polling is skewed to favor Democrats with President Obama leading. NBC News Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Read more »

It’s a conspiracy theory of the highest level: media organizations allegedly manipulating data in public opinion polls to try and help President Barack Obama win a second term. Democracy crushed. The accusations are predicated on the idea that some media organizations are interviewing too many Democrats in their surveys, which […] Read more »

Nearly every national poll shows President Obama leading Mitt Romney. … There’s still more than a month until the election. Mr. Obama could lose. Mr. Romney could win. Hanging chads could leave the result up to the Supreme Court. But at the moment it’s rational to conclude that Mr. Obama […] Read more »

In the 2012 race for the White House President Obama is ahead, but the polls are misleading. … To be sure, Obama is ahead in this race. But by how much has become a serious point of contention and one that deserves further examination. [cont.] Doug Schoen, Fox News Read more »

“The mainstream media is skewing its polls with too many Democrats because they want Obama to win.” Statements like this one are zipping around the internet a mile a minute these days. The general idea is that there are too many respondents identifying as Democrats in public surveys compared to […] Read more »