On Monday, President Trump tweeted about a new survey finding released earlier that day. He said that a poll found that “50% of Americans AGREE that Robert Mueller’s investigation is a Witch Hunt [sic].” That claim is in line with the USA Today story. But a close look at the […] Read more »
WDYGTN Podcast: Opinions On The Mueller Investigation
On this episode of “Where Did You Get This Number?”, host Anthony Salvanto explores what Congress may do once special counsel Robert Mueller releases his report on Russia in the 2016 presidential election. He also discusses polling on the special counsel investigation and how those polls are constructed. Guests Ed […] Read more »
‘Who is real, and who isn’t?’ Pollsters struggle to measure huge 2020 field
The logjam of nearly two dozen declared or likely Democratic presidential candidates is overwhelming public pollsters trying to measure the 2020 primary. New surveys are cramming up to 23 Democrats into their questionnaires after the Democratic National Committee set a low, 1 percent polling threshold to gain admittance into the […] Read more »
A new poll shows a spike in pro-life sentiment. Don’t panic — or declare victory.
On Monday, Marist released a poll sponsored by the Knights of Columbus that showed sudden, dramatic gains for the pro-life side of America’s long abortion fight. The poll showed that Americans are evenly split on whether they identify as pro-life and pro-choice at 47 percent each. That would be a […] Read more »
Response rates in telephone surveys have resumed their decline
After stabilizing briefly, response rates to telephone public opinion polls conducted by Pew Research Center have resumed their decline. In 2017 and 2018, typical telephone survey response rates fell to 7% and 6%, respectively, according to the Center’s latest data. Response rates had previously held steady around 9% for several […] Read more »
What our transition to online polling means for decades of phone survey trends
From the 1980s until relatively recently, most national polling organizations conducted surveys by telephone, relying on live interviewers to call randomly selected Americans across the country. Then came the internet. It has taken survey researchers some time to adapt to the idea of online surveys, but a quick look at […] Read more »