Category Archives: Polling

Two Observations on the Gallup Poll About LGBT Identification

Posted on February 20, 2013 by

So Gallup re-released its poll on LGBT identification, and broke the data down by state: Yes, Washington D.C. has ten percent of respondents identifying as LGBT (after surveying ~0.9% of the total population), and half of them work for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Polling | 5 Comments

Meanwhile, Outside of Pundit Unreality, Obama Is Now Liked More By Independents Post-Debate

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

Despite all of the pants shitting over Obama’s performance, if you look at post-debate favorability/unfavorability data, Obama has gained ground with independents: To the extent Romney has closed the gap, it appears that it’s due Republicans coming home, not to … Continue reading →

Posted in Polling, Romney | 1 Comment

Skip the Debate and Watch the Post-Debate Analysis Instead

Posted on October 3, 2012 by

Somehow I don’t think that’s the point Brendan Nyhan was trying to make with this figure: Still, if you’ve already made up your mind, and you’re watching because you’re interested in trying to figure out how other people might view … Continue reading →

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Banning Handguns, Then and Now

Posted on August 8, 2012 by

What a lot of people don’t realize is that, in the 1950s and early 1960s, handguns (not rifles or shotguns, handguns) were not very popular. They were often seen as criminal weapons. Don’t believe me? Well… By way of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Polling, Public Health | 5 Comments

A Statistical Question About Nate Silver

Posted on August 6, 2012 by

Note I wrote about not for. In reading this Michael Tomasky piece about the electoral college and how it favors Obama (R-Money would have to pull what Tomasky calls an “inside straight” to win), he has very nice things to … Continue reading →

Posted in Polling, Statistics | 6 Comments

Political Views Are Rapidly and Highly Mutable, Not Inviolate Constants

Posted on July 7, 2012 by

A recent Pew poll (pdf) describes the change in the support for the safety net in the U.S.: What surprises me is the massive drop in support among Republicans since 2007. By polling standards, that’s a huge shift. I don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic Human Decency, Conservatives, Polling | 3 Comments

About That ‘Ron Paul Is Driving the Discussion’ Thingee Floating Around The Intertoobz…

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

…why don’t we look at some data? In case you missed it (and you’re much better off if you have: firing squad! Form circle! Fire! Reload! FIRE!), the last few weeks the bloggysphere has been treated to the fucking ridonkulous … Continue reading →

Posted in Polling, Ron Paul, Voting | 2 Comments

It’s Not My Party, But If I Were a Republican I Would Back Romney (It’s the Liberals, Stupid)

Posted on July 21, 2011 by

Or more accurately, it’s the revolt of the liberals.
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Posted in Conservatives, Democrats, Polling, Voting | 24 Comments

About the Gallup LGBT Estimation Poll, We Can Conclude That Many Americans…

Posted on June 2, 2011 by

…don’t understand fractions.
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Posted in Mathematics, Polling | 7 Comments

When It Comes to Vaccination, We Are All Morons

Posted on April 30, 2011 by

It seems this issue hasn’t been politicized (yet). Now, if only more people would get their flu shots…
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Posted in Influenza, Polling, Public Health | 13 Comments