polling

Partisan Dorks or Trash Methodology?

By Erik Loomis

In General

On September 6, 2024

So I very much get why people in the political game professionally want to shoot themselves over how polls are seen, in the sense that for most people, the quality of a poll is entirely dependent upon their personal political preferences. This has nothing to...

General

Unions and Polling

By Erik Loomis

On August 30, 2022

Gallup has its annual polling about unions and it's quite telling in a number of ways. The top-line number is one that union advocates love to promote: That's great in.

deficits , media narratives

A Study in Bad Survey Design

By Dan Nexon

On September 22, 2021

The headline at Political Wire read "More Would Blame Democrats for Debt Default." A number of thoughts ran through my head, including wow, the Democrats are still losing the messaging.

No, I Don’t Care About Your Polling Data

By Erik Loomis

In General

On December 11, 2020

The polls show that Americans want Congress to pass another stimulus package. While Congress is still struggling to come together on a stimulus package, support for getting one done has only grown: According to a new poll from Vox and Data for Progress, 81 percent...

General

Earth Day

By Erik Loomis

On April 22, 2019

Yutian, CHINA: Cyclists pass through thick pollution from a factory in Yutian, 100km east of Beijing in China's northwest Hebei province, 18 July 2006. China's economy expanded at its fastest.