… Election polling is in near crisis, and we pollsters know. Two trends are driving the increasing unreliability of election and other polling in the United States: the growth of cellphones and the decline in people willing to answer surveys. … We are less sure how to conduct good survey […] Read more »
Gale D. Muller, 1944-2015
Gallup and the world lost a true research professional with the recent death of Dr. Gale D. Muller, vice chairman of Gallup, Inc. and general manager of the Gallup World Poll. Although Gale’s byline infrequently appeared on the pages of Gallup.com, he was one of Gallup’s longest-serving employees and the […] Read more »
David Lam will lead U-M Institute for Social Research
David A. Lam, one of the world’s leading scholars in economic demography, is the new director of the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. CONT. University of Michigan Read more »
The Pollsters’ Guide to Reporting on Polls
Attention, America: The 2016 horse race is on. Most everyone who’s floated the idea of running for president already has formally declared. And as the number of official candidates continues to grow, the more reporters will turn to pollsters and ask: Who’s winning? … So we wanted to know: How […] Read more »
Mervin Field Dies at 94; Took Political Pulse of California as Pollster
Mervin Field was a college dropout. He had no formal training in polling or statistics. … But while Mr. Field was still in Princeton, in high school, he had worked part time for a hometown pollster named George Gallup, who would go on to found one of America’s most trusted national polls. […] Read more »
Jeb Bush: ‘I don’t read the polls’
Jeb Bush on Wednesday expressed frustration with the press over its obsession with the horse race aspect of the presidential race, telling reporters that it’s too early to be poll-watching and encouraged them to focus on more important matters. … “I don’t read the polls,” Bush said Wednesday. “Polls are, […] Read more »