The Numbers
A Run at the Latest Data from ABC's Poobah of Polling, Gary Langer
Gary Langer is director of polling at ABC News, where he's covered the beat of public opinion for nearly 20 years - conducting and analyzing ABC News polls, evaluating data from other sources and setting the news division's standards for poll reporting. Langer has won two Emmy awards for ABC's reporting of public opinion polls in Iraq, and The Numbers blog was honored this year as winner of the 2008 Iowa Gallup Award for Excellent Journalism Using Polls.
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If the Dunce Cap Fits, Wear it
The latest Newsweek poll, purporting to show how dim most Americans are, puts the dunce cap on the wrong head. The magazine is following a well-worn path – sneaking up on a bunch of well-intentioned survey respondents, springing a bunch...
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June 25, 2007 in Problem Polls | Permalink | User Comments (4)
Exploring the Bloomberg Brouhaha
The possibility of a Mike Bloomberg tilt at the White House raises the two questions that always buzz around independent candidacies: Can he win, and if he can’t, could he be a spoiler? The cautious answers are that anything’s possible....
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June 20, 2007 in 2008 General Election | Permalink | User Comments (0)
Stem Cell Research: The President vs. Public Opinion
President Bush’s latest veto of stem-cell research legislation comes at a time when public support for such research is at an all-time high. Most American long have backed stem-cell research – 58 percent or more in ABC News/Washington Post polls...
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June 20, 2007 in Social Issues | Permalink | User Comments (1)
