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 is a two-time Emmy award winner, both for ABC's reporting of public opinion polls in Iraq.
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So Who the Heck's Ahead?
Romney's ahead. Huckabee's ahead. Romney… Huckabee… Clinton, no, it's Edwards. Wait – Obama. No, it's… This is where fascination with the horse race, particularly in a low-turnout caucus, will get you: tied up in knots. We want a single number...
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December 30, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (4)
Teens and Steroids: Keep an Eye on the Stats
Data are handy for making a point – so much so that it’s awfully easy to push them harder than justified. That just might have been the case in a couple of paragraphs in last week’s Mitchell Report on steroids...
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December 18, 2007 in Favorite Posts | Permalink | User Comments (0)
Mind the Gap
Three good national polls this week told similar stories about the presidential race – but with some different numbers. We’re sure to see it again, so it’s worth sorting out. The most notable differences were in the numbers that get...
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December 12, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (3)
MOE and Mojo
The Des Moines Register’s new poll, released Sunday, has Barack Obama 3 points ahead of Hillary Clinton in Iowa, which it characterizes as a “lead” for Obama. Our own ABC/Post poll two weeks ago had Obama 4 points ahead –...
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December 3, 2007 in Favorite Posts | Permalink | User Comments (3)
