NPR’s Melissa Block talks to Fernand Amandi about how his research firm was able to conduct a secret, comprehensive poll in Cuba without the Cuban government knowing about it. NPR News Read more »
Erin Hartman: Survey Leader for Obama’s Campaign Still Helping Progressive Politicians
… After helping Obama get re-elected, Hartman co-founded a company, BlueLabs, that uses data and technology to help progressive politicians, including Cory Booker and Terry McAuliffe, run campaigns in ways that are on beat with the public pulse. She leads its statistical research and polling divisions, developing new and mathematical […] Read more »
Surveying Cubans under the Castro government
How do you conduct a reliable public opinion poll in a closely monitored society where political dissent is strictly repressed? That was the significant hurdle for the Univision Noticias/Fusion poll of Cubans, reported in collaboration with The Washington Post. CONT. Peyton M. Craighill, Washington Post Read more »
Former NYT Polling Editor Marjorie Connelly Joins Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research
Marjorie Connelly, the former editor of the News Surveys & Election Analysis Desk of The New York Times, has been named senior fellow at the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. CONT. NORC Read more »
The Billionaire Baron Who Has Transformed How We Understand The U.K. Election
A conservative British tycoon and aristocrat is not the typical profile of a man of the people. But Lord Michael Ashcroft has done more than anyone else to find out who the people want to represent them in Parliament. In the lead-up to next month’s big national election in the […] Read more »
How Does Language Impact Public Opinion Polls?
Democracy depends on an understanding of the people’s will, but there’s one big problem: Oftentimes the people don’t know what they want. Take the Indiana “Religious Freedom” law that allows businesses to refuse service to same-sex couples. The law is sparking headlines and nation-wide protests, but, it’s damn near impossible […] Read more »