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Articles tagged polling (10)

“There was some feeling that the Times should stick to reporting trends and let the pollsters make the forecasts.”
The outcomes confirmed anew that election polling is an uneven and high-risk pursuit.
Most people know quite a bit about their friends and family, including how happy and healthy they are and roughly how much money they make. It turns out this knowledge of others extends to politics, too.
“Sometimes when I catch myself rolling my eyes at a new platform, I say to myself, don’t be a snob. That’s how you got your big break.”
Sociologist Herbert Gans says the news media should do a better job noting that “polls are answers to questions rather than opinions,” and that not all opinions have the same intensity — or the same impact.
Nate Silver’s number-crunching blog is perceived as a threat by some traditional political reporters — but its model has lessons for all journalists.
TPM’s publisher says mobile apps must add value, and can’t just replicate the desktop or laptop experience.
The news outlet’s first API offers up poll results as well as detailed methodology data.
July 2, 2010