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Election Polls: What We're After

A colleague here sent me a nice pointed challenge to our latest election poll yesterday: National surveys by themselves are "close to meaningless," he said, because they measure national preferences in what'll really be a series of state caucuses and...

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July 24, 2007 in Favorite Posts | Permalink | User Comments (5)

Hell Hath No Fury...

George W. Bush’s news conference today comes at a low point in his presidency; in the most recent (July 8) national survey, conducted by Gallup with USA Today, just 29 percent of Americans approve of the president’s overall performance in...

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July 12, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (3)

Out of Iraq: Not Whether, but When and How

The renewed tussle between Congress and the president on Iraq is sure to be reinforced by partisan characterizations of public attitudes on withdrawal. Beware oversimplification: While views on the war itself are broadly and steadily negative, opinions on pulling out...

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July 9, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Of Death and Data

What do death rates in New Orleans and the availability of unused embryos for medical research have in common? Both were the subject of prominently reported news stories in the last few weeks – stories we'd advised our own people...

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July 3, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (7)