Does Donald Trump lead the race for the Republican presidential nomination? Or does he lead it by a “yuuuuuge” margin? Bloomberg recently released a poll that gave Trump 24 percent to Ben Carson’s 20 percent. On the same day, Ipsos released a poll that put Trump at 37 percent to […] Read more »
Will The New Hampshire Union Leader’s Endorsement Help Chris Christie?
Chris Christie’s campaign has been showing signs of life in New Hampshire of late. He could already point to his rising net favorability rating among Granite State Republicans, and over the weekend he added the New Hampshire Union Leader’s endorsement. The backing of the state’s biggest paper has historically been […] Read more »
Why media should think twice about public-opinion polls: Panel discussion
A panel of experts criticized and offered candid insights on the media’s growing reliance on public-opinion polls during Harvard University’s recent Theodore H. White Seminar on Press and Politics. CONT. Shorenstein Center, Harvard University Read more »
Dear Media, Stop Freaking Out About Donald Trump’s Polls
Lately, pundits and punters seem bullish on Donald Trump, whose chances of winning the Republican presidential nomination recently inched above 20 percent for the first time at the betting market Betfair. … If past nomination races are any guide, the vast majority of eventual Republican voters haven’t made up their […] Read more »
CNN Republican presidential debate criteria announced
Republicans have three ways to make the cut for the main stage of their fifth presidential primary debate, sponsor CNN announced Thursday. Candidates must meet one of three criteria in polls conducted between October 29 and December 13 and recognized by CNN: An average of at least 3.5% nationally; at […] Read more »
How Reuters is using automation to analyze its polling data
The sheer amount of information at the fingertips of the modern journalist is both a blessing and a curse. … This embarrassment of riches has not gone overlooked by major news organizations, which are coming up with ways to separate the signal from the noise and find worthwhile stories. One […] Read more »