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Fox News Does Not Make You Dumb: Researchers Respond to Critics

Fox News Does Not Make You Dumb: Researchers Respond to Critics

Peter J. Woolley  05.15.2012
NPR and Jon Stewart's Daily Show came out on top as the most informative, making the schadenfreude all the more delicious for Fox-haters,...
Marriage Equality: Can Polling Tell Us What It Means for Obama?

Marriage Equality: Can Polling Tell Us What It Means for Obama?

Margie Omero  05.15.2012
Obama's support is already in the single digits with Republicans. How much less likely to vote for him can Republicans be?
How Low Can They Go? Report Checks Falling Poll Response Rates

How Low Can They Go? Report Checks Falling Poll Response Rates

Mark Blumenthal  05.15.2012
WASHINGTON -- How low can they go? A new study from the Pew Research Center released on Tuesday finds that poll response rates continue...
Election Monitor: Obama Campaign Sets Out to Define Romney

Election Monitor: Obama Campaign Sets Out to Define Romney

Steve Lombardo  05.15.2012
In the last 10 days, team Obama has gone on the offensive, using a two-pronged issue strategy: one economic, and one social, that for about...
Salacious Surveys 'Outliers'

Salacious Surveys 'Outliers'

Emily Swanson  05.11.2012
The American Political Science Association responds to the effort by Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) to defund political science;Seth Masket,...
Same-Sex Marriage Polls: The Trend Is Clear

Same-Sex Marriage Polls: The Trend Is Clear

Mark Blumenthal  05. 9.2012
WASHINGTON -- Two years ago, President Barack Obama was not quite ready to say, as he did Wednesday, that he supports same sex marriage,...
HuffPost Pollster Charts: Giving Daily Trackers Less Weight

HuffPost Pollster Charts: Giving Daily Trackers Less Weight

Mark Blumenthal  05. 8.2012
WASHINGTON -- HuffPost Pollster is pleased to announce a small but significant change to our polling charts that should greatly reduce...
Is Minority Voter Registration Really Declining?

Is Minority Voter Registration Really Declining?

Michael P. McDonald  05. 7.2012
To understand my contention that The Washington Post's analysis is flawed, I must explain how the voting and registration questions are...
May The Fourth Be With You 'Outliers'

May The Fourth Be With You 'Outliers'

Emily Swanson  05. 4.2012
John Sides asks if Obama is more popular than he should be. The Washington Post reports Romney "faces a narrow path" to an Elecotral...
Swing State Polls A Reminder Of 2008

Swing State Polls A Reminder Of 2008

Mark Blumenthal  05. 3.2012
WASHINGTON -- New polls released Thursday by Quinnipiac University showed President Barack Obama leading Mitt Romney by such narrow margins...
The Winner of the Opportunity vs. Fairness Debate Is...

The Winner of the Opportunity vs. Fairness Debate Is...

Sheri and Allan Rivlin  05. 3.2012
The important take away here is that this is a false choice. The NBC News /Wall Street Journal survey makes it clear that the strongest...
HuffPost Pollster Is Hiring

HuffPost Pollster Is Hiring

Emily Swanson  05. 2.2012
HuffPost Pollster is expanding! We're looking for an Associate Polling Editor to assist in the ongoing publication of polling charts and...
A Different Kind of Mommy War

A Different Kind of Mommy War

Margie Omero  05. 1.2012
Of our 29 mom participants, only one participant brought up the "War on Women," and nobody mentioned any of the recent media skirmishes...
Pie Charts 'Outliers'

Pie Charts 'Outliers'

Emily Swanson  04.27.2012
Ezra Klein creates an election forecast model (with help from Seth Hill, John Sides and Lynn Vavreck). Jay Cost finds Klein's model...
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