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What Went Wrong? Gallup Shares New Details

2013-05-18T20:38:13Z

BOSTON -- Gallup, the company that has faced intense criticism after its polling consistently understated President Barack Obama's support during the ...

POLLSTER UPDATE - AAPOR Attendees Review The State Of Polling

2013-05-17T17:04:32Z

A who’s-who of pollsters and researchers are gathered in Boston for their annual conference today, and two thirds of Team Pollster are there to brin...

POLLSTER UPDATE - Few Supporters For The IRS

2013-05-16T16:20:41Z

Most Americans don’t like the IRS, most Virginians don’t know anything about their candidates for governor, and AAPOR kicks off in Boston. This is...

POLLSTER UPDATE - British Columbia's Polling Fail

2013-05-15T16:31:54Z

A low turnout election in British Columbia yields the sum of all pollster fears. In New Hampshire, which knows of such meltdowns, Hillary Clinton domi...

POLLSTER UPDATE - Will Second Term Scandals Be 'Game Changers'?

2013-05-14T15:56:14Z

Without fresh survey data, pundits turn to political science and prediction to evaluate the impact of the week's new scandals. On Benghazi, Obama gets...

POLLSTER UPDATE - Another Look At Kelly Ayotte's Approval Ratings

2013-05-13T16:40:56Z

Kelly Ayotte's job rating gets another look. Politico discovers Gallup's review of its methodology. And PPP is asking about "hipsters" by talking to r...

Kristen Soltis: Did The Youth Vote Actually Increase in 2012?

2013-05-10T17:56:00Z

I'd argue it's also not nearly as important as what Republicans plan to do to win over more of those young people who do show up.

POLLSTER UPDATE - Could Pennsylvania Be A 2016 Swing State?

2013-05-10T16:39:10Z

It's a good time to ignore horse race numbers in Virginia, but a fine time to speculate about battleground states in 2016. Eliot visits Elliot, the mo...

Michael P. McDonald: 2012 Election: A Failure to Mobilize the Youth Vote

2013-05-10T16:44:44Z

Among the most dramatic findings reported in the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey is a large decline in turnout rates among young people. Obama's smaller margin of victory in 2012 was thus partially a turnout story.

POLLSTER UPDATE - Census Turnout Data Shows Record Black Turnout

2013-05-09T16:08:52Z

Political data geeks rejoiced over the release of the biennial Census report on voter turnout, a report which shows black turnout exceeding white turn...

Michael P. McDonald: 2012 Turnout: Race, Ethnicity and the Youth Vote

2013-05-08T16:59:54Z

The big news from the Current Population Survey will be that African-American turnout exceeded non-Hispanic white turnout. But I contend that really that happened first in 2008. The more important political story may be the dramatic decline in youth turnout, as it poses a challenge to Democrats and an opportunity for Republicans.

POLLSTER UPDATE - McAuliffe, Cuccinelli Running Close In Virginia

2013-05-08T16:07:48Z

Pollsters missed the South Carolina special election outcome by a mile. So...on to Virginia! And Pew Research confirms that off-year turnout advantage...

POLLSTER UPDATE - South Carolina's 1st District Votes Tonight

2013-05-07T15:22:28Z

For South Carolina's election day, a lesson in comparative politics: In the U.S., politicos either obsess over the latest twitch in automated telephon...

POLLSTER UPDATE - South Carolina Special Election Poll Shows Close Race

2013-05-06T16:27:09Z

A final PPP poll in South Carolina's 1st congressional district shows a near tie, but both the poll and the race have produced more far more speculati...

POLLSTER UPDATE - Markey, Gomez Running Close

2013-05-03T16:12:21Z

We close the week in Massachusetts, where a new PPP automated shows a close race and a student group at Emerson College is getting into automated poll...

POLLSTER UPDATE - South Carolina 'Push Poll' Raises Questions

2013-05-02T16:48:30Z

Today, HuffPollster takes a closer look at some surprising twists in allegations of 'push polling' in the South Carolina congressional race. PPP repor...

POLLSTER UPDATE - Immigration Bill? What Immigration Bill?

2013-05-01T16:12:20Z

Pew Research uses a simple question to reveal considerable public uncertainty about the immigration reform bill. Polls show public support for surveil...

POLLSTER UPDATE - Inattentiveness Tuesday

2013-04-30T16:32:58Z

New national surveys put the inattentiveness of the American public in the spotlight. Two polls show that few are closely following the conflict in Sy...

POLLSTER UPDATE - Turnout: What's New?

2013-04-29T16:46:07Z

AP reports that black turnout was higher than white turnout in 2012...based on a lot of data, none of it new. PPP notes drops the job approval ratings...

Michael P. McDonald: Who Registers to Vote Online?

2013-04-29T14:02:08Z

Who uses online voter registration? Which party may benefit? Data provided by the Maryland State Board of Elections illuminates patterns of online voter registration use.

POLLSTER UPDATE - Experts Defend American Community Survey

2013-04-26T16:28:32Z

Selling immigration reform hinges on communicating 'requirements' for citizenship. Obama's 'Big Data' could be a big deal for Hillary in 2016, and sur...

POLLSTER UPDATE - Dueling Polls, Massachusetts Edition

2013-04-25T16:35:07Z

Dueling polls in Massachusetts, with a twist. It's a big day for data on social media, and social media data. And Frank Luntz gets snared by another D...

Margie Omero: The Myth of a Gun "Intensity Gap"

2013-04-24T13:23:56Z

In the wake of the failure of the Senate to pass even a modest background check bill, many around the country are still scratching their heads. How co...

POLLSTER UPDATE - Gun Vote Backlash -- Or Not

2013-04-24T16:43:16Z

One poll finds little anger over the Senate gun vote while another shows a backlash against New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte. Both are probably right. ...

POLLSTER UPDATE - Will SC-01 GOP Take A Hike?

2013-04-23T16:36:15Z

Americans are less negative about George Bush than they used to be. Nearly half followed the Boston Marathon bombings online or on smart phones. Polli...