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GOP Brand Has Declined Since Obama Took Office, According To New Polling Data

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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Despite spending the last 9 months battering the president's agenda, the Republican Party has neither gained any traction with voters nor has it appre...

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Can I Trust This Poll? Part II

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

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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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A Surprise In Obama's Poll Numbers

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Rather than looking at the overall picture of how Obama's doing in the polls, I have been noticing something interesting which I don't believe others have picked up on.

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The Media's Problem Of "False Balance" Showing Itself In Electoral Map Analyses

Mark Nickolas | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

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Mark Nickolas

What is particularly noteworthy is where the media bias lies: it's a clear willingness to give John McCain (R) the benefit of the doubt, but not Barack Obama (D).

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My Blue Election Map

Ryan Kauffman | Posted 11.10.2008 | Home

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Ryan Kauffman

The best information polls can provide are trends over long periods of time. Here is my take on every state's trend, my predictions, and insights into key senate races around the country.

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Pollster.com Presidential Polling Trends -- Updated 24/7

Pollster.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Pollsters: Who Shows Up Not How Many Counts

Pollster.com | Mark Blumenthal | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Notice the deluge of polls from Iowa and New Hampshire the last few days? It has been pretty hard to miss. We have seen six new Iowa polls in the last...

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Pollster.com Presidential Polling Trends - Updated 24/7

Pollster.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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