God’s approval ratings
The most breathtakingly presumptuous opinion poll of all time: More than half of U.S. voters approve of God’s job performance, according to a new poll, making God more popular than all members of...
View ArticleBig test for pollsters
The polling industry faces a big test this election as we will see whether or not they are reliable in this age of cell-phones and the public’s growing unwillingness to answer their questions. From...
View ArticleHow Gallup blew the presidential election polling
On the eve of the last election, the venerable polling firm Gallup predicted that Mitt Romney would beat Obama 49% to 48%. Actually, Obama won, 52%-48%. The company has been studying what went wrong....
View ArticleAmericans who want everything
A major opinion poll has found that Americans want BOTH more government spending AND lower taxes. Also legalized marijuana. When it comes to religion, the poll shows the vast majority of Americans...
View ArticleThe problem with polls
Today’s politics rely a great deal on polls. The problem is, election polling–which has had some spectacular failures lately–is faced with two huge problems: (1) Cell phone usage has shot up, to the...
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