… With the help of top pollsters and analysts, here’s an easy guide for wading through the coming deluge of polls about this year’s elections. [cont.] Rebecca Cohen, McClatchy Newspapers Read more »
Party Affiliation and Election Polls
In every campaign cycle, pollwatchers pay close attention to the details of every election survey. And well they should. But focusing on the partisan balance of surveys is, in almost every circumstance, the wrong place to look. [cont.] Pew Read more »
Poll Watch: Don’t obsess about party ID
“Too many Republicans” was the cry of many Democratic partisans as they studied pre-election polls in 2004 showing George W. Bush leading. Now, with the shoe on the other foot, “too many Democrats” has become a rapidly spreading theme among Republican and conservative bloggers. The flurries of accusation center on […] Read more »
Voter Suppression and Political Polls
… This year, we may have to take the polls with an even larger grain of salt than usual. The greatest margin of uncertainty may well be caused by poll respondents who think that they will able to vote for President Obama in November, but may not be allowed to […] Read more »
Pollsters will miss on Nov. predictions
I am predicting a lot of “missed shots” in the public polling game this November. … It’s not that the pollsters aren’t trying, or that they’ve forgotten how to practice their craft. It’s just that lots of loose ends are unraveling in the real world that pollsters confront. [cont.] David […] Read more »
The Final Bell Rings for Weekly Reader, a Classroom Staple
The current-events magazine Weekly Reader, a classroom fixture since 1928, will not be returning from summer vacation, its new owner, Scholastic, confirmed this week. … The magazine is perhaps best known for its presidential poll of students, which proved uncannily accurate — since it began with Dwight Eisenhower vs. Adlai […] Read more »