Polling Methodology

Pollster's Mark Blumenthal Challenges Nate Silver's Method At FiveThirtyEight

Pollster.com | Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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For better or worse, FiveThirtyEight's prominence makes these ratings central to our conversation about how to interpret and aggregate polls, and I ha...

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What Do Americans Really Believe?

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carl Pope

Americans think climate and energy are long-term, global problems of great seriousness -- but not the biggest challenge facing America today.

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Method's Shiny Suds Video: Getting Behind The Household Product Labeling Act (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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With the tag line "when did clean become so dirty?," Method cleaning products -- known for their environmentally-friendly ingredients -- has launched ...

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Can I Trust This Poll? Part II

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Blumenthal

There's a clash between traditional and new polling methods. Here, I review the philosophies at work behind efforts to evaluate polls and offer a few suggestions about what we can do to assess whether poll samples are truly representative.

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Forces in Obama Landslide

Ricardo Rossello | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ricardo Rossello

Ever since Obama's historic election as the first African-American President, the pundits have been trying to demystify the voter attitudes and behavior that led to this unprecedented outcome.

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The World Holds its Breath -- WE KNOW THE RESULTS

Linda Bergthold | Posted 05.25.2011

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Linda Bergthold

Obama has a lead that can overcome the Bradley effect or snow, sleet or rain, or the pundits constant need to keep this thing alive by mentioning obscure polls that show McCain getting closer.

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Seth Colter Walls

McCain's Favorite Poll Of The Day, And Why It's Wrong

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fox News released a poll on Thursday showing a mere 3-point lead for Barack Obama, and McCain officials have apparently pushed the results around to s...

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Max Follmer

California Results Expose Bad Polling

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the wake of Hillary Clinton's decisive victory Tuesday in the California Primary, one pre-election poll from C-SPAN/Zogby/Reuters that showed Barac...

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