So the latest ABC-WaPo poll on immigration claims that just 35 percent of Republicans support a path toward citizenship. Yet a late February poll from Fox News found that 63 percent of Republicans favored “allowing illegal immigrants to remain in the country and eventually qualify for U.S. citizenship, as long as they meet certain requirements… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Polling
What 2012 polling can tell us about 2013 and beyond
Slide from a presentation by Bill McInturff on what went wrong with their polling in 2012 Pollsters want to get it right. That’s how they make a living. And when they get it wrong—especially when they get it very wrong—they like to figure out how to make it right. Bill McInturff, who did polling for… Read more »
Do states have ‘house effects’ when it comes to polling?
President Obama greets the crowd in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sept. 30, 2012. In late November, the sage of the Sagebrush, Nevada, journalist Jon Ralston, uncovered a fascinating post by UNLV political science professor David Damore. The subject was one that has been often discussed both here and elsewhere: Why are pollsters always getting Nevada… Read more »
Gun owners vs. the NRA: What the polling shows
Poli-Sci Perspective is a weekly Wonkblog feature in which Georgetown University’s Dan Hopkins and George Washington University’s Danny Hayes and John Sides offer an empirical perspective on the issues dominating Washington. In this edition, Sides examines research showing that the strongly anti-gun control views embraced by the National Rifle Association are not only at odds… Read more »