President Donald Trump, the government shutdown, and yes, the border wall. On this week’s Poll Hub, we look at Americans’ attitudes about the shutdown, how the current gridlock reflects past shutdowns, who Americans blame for the gridlock, and whether the issue of the border wall bolsters or weakens President Trump’s […] Read more »
Robert Mueller met with Trump’s pollster
Special counsel Robert Mueller sought information directly last year from one of Donald Trump’s campaign pollsters who is also a former business associate of Paul Manafort’s. Mueller’s team met with pollster Tony Fabrizio in February 2018, an interview that has not been previously reported and takes on new significance after […] Read more »
Poll Hub: Too Soon? An assessment of early 2020 presidential election polls
A new Congress has just been sworn in, and we’re already talking about 2020. In this week’s episode of Poll Hub, we share the pros and cons of early presidential election polls. Is it too soon? We have our views. And the outlook for 2019… Many Americans are optimistic about […] Read more »
Poll Hub: A look back at the polling industry in 2018 and what’s ahead for 2019 and beyond!
Poll Hub bids a fond farewell to 2018! In this episode of Poll Hub, Peter K. Enns, Associate Professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University and Executive Director of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, joins the team. Enns reflects on the year in polls. Was it […] Read more »
Gallup retreats from political polling again under new leadership
Gallup, the country’s best-known polling firm, is once again scaling back on the political surveys that have made it so famous. Only a year after Gallup switched its presidential tracking poll — the ever-present reading of the president’s approval rating — from daily to weekly, the company will announce Friday […] Read more »
For Farage and Brexit Pollster, a World of Gamblers and Gambling
… Based on Bloomberg’s investigation of Brexit polling, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority said in October that it is examining the secret relationships between pollsters and hedge funds. The FCA, which is the U.K.’s financial prosecutor and regulator, is specifically looking at whether such arrangements could violate laws or regulations […] Read more »