Nate Silver, the statistician who attained national fame for his accurate projections about the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections, is parting ways with The New York Times and moving his FiveThirtyEight franchise to ESPN, the sports empire controlled by the Walt Disney Company, according to ESPN employees with direct knowledge […] Read more »
Pollster Jon Cohen to join Pew Research as VP, Research
Jon Cohen, who has been general manager and polling director of The Washington Post’s Capital Insight, has been named vice president of research at the Pew Research Center. [cont.] Pew Read more »
Can the Democrats really win back the House in the 2014 midterms?
The word “spin” can mean many things. One definition is to present information in such a fashion that it makes people see something that isn’t really there. A classic example would be a memo from the Democratic firm Democracy Corps on a recent poll they conducted in “competitive House districts” […] Read more »
The New York Times & Siena College Research Institute to Collaborate on 2013 NYC Mayoral Election Surveys
The Siena College Research Institute (SRI) and The New York Times will collaborate on polling in the 2013 New York City mayoral election. The first “New York Times/Siena College Poll” will be released within the next two weeks and will gauge the attitude of New York City voters on the […] Read more »
Explaining 2 Polls With Conflicting Findings
The crowded field contending to succeed Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in City Hall got an unexpected jolt last week from two polls with seemingly divergent findings. The first poll was accompanied by a news release proclaiming “Weiner Surpasses Quinn Among N.Y.C. Dems,” while a day later the other poll came […] Read more »
Why Are You So Smart, Stan Greenberg?
Stan Greenberg used numbers and intelligence to help get Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela, and other political figures elected. The CEO of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner and co-founder of Democracy Corps with James Carville and Bob Shrum came into the spotlight during the 1992 Presidential campaign when the Man From Hope took […] Read more »