political polls

End Opinion Polls for elections

I guess this was talked about on the radio but it came up in a discussion this weekend. With the polls changing every hour and news people hanging one every poll number my questions is What if we...

I was talking about polls in another discussion

I was talking about how crazy they were. We take what they say as gospel and each poll talks to about 1000-1500 people! How can they even be accurate? Then I saw this list of political polls and how...

How are people selected to take political polls?

There are so many political polls being discussing on tv and online. Who are actually taking these polls and how are people being selected for this type of survey?

All the Political Polls in the Media, Have you ever been asked your opinion?

I watch the news everyday. In the media they talk about the polls showing approval or disapproval of the war or President Bush, or state of the economy. I have never been asked to take a poll. Have...

When Is a "Lead" Really a Lead?

In a post last week that presented an automated survey of North Carolina voters, we described a three-point lead for John Edwards over Hillary Clinton (34% to 31%) among Democrats as...

Zogby Internet Poll Trial Heats are Odd

A new Zogby Interactive poll, conducted using volunteers over the internet, has produced some odd results for trial heats involving Senator Clinton against all four top Republican opponents. What...

Zogby Internet Poll Trial Heats are Odd

A new Zogby Interactive poll, conducted using volunteers over the internet, has produced some odd results for trial heats involving Senator Clinton against all four top Republican opponents. What...

2008 Race And Media Lies

I've said it once, I'll say it again...all political polls are simply a reflection of media coverage. Mike Huckabee is ahead in some polls because of fawning MSM coverage. Why? Because the MSM would...

Time's "How America Decides" Polls

While media outlets and pollsters often assert their disinterest in the "horse race," the partnership of Time and SRBI have produced a new set of surveys of Iowa, New Hampshire and the nation that...

"Outliers" for 12-6

The New York Times' Megan Thee looks at the challenge to telephone poll sampling posed by cell phones. My neighbor Joel Achenbach blogs on political polls as only Joel Achenbach can. Don't miss his...

"Outliers" for 12-7

The New York Times' Megan Thee looks at the challenge to telephone poll sampling posed by cell phones. My neighbor Joel Achenbach blogs on political polls as only Joel Achenbach can. Don't miss his...

Disconnected: The Internet's Endless Shortcomings for Political Polling

Douglas Usher is the Senior Vice President of Widmeyer Communications and formerly Vice President at the Democratic polling firm, The Mellman Group."The survey research and marketing industries...

Response to Doug Usher

Humphrey Taylor has served as chairman of The Harris Poll, a service of Harris Interactive, since 1994.Thanks to Doug Usher for his contribution to the debate on the panel-based online methodology...

Bill Dyer: Latest AP poll says race is dead even

(Guest Post by Bill Dyer a/k/a Beldar) I'm so skeptical of political polls in general that I almost never post about them, but I'm going to make an exception here because I think that all by itself,...