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push poll

A very pushy push poll on Right to Work [for less]

May 31, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2018 Election, Missouri region, Public Opinion polling, Widgets: Polls Leave a comment

Once again, I have allowed myself to be interviewed for a political poll—on Right to Work: a very pushy push poll, to say the

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McCaskill

McCaskill vs. Hawley: What the pollster asked

April 17, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2018 Election, Missouri region, Public Opinion polling, Senate, Widgets: Polls Leave a comment

Missouri’s incumbent U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill faces a challenge in November from Republican Josh Hawley, and things are heating up, as I learned today

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American Communitiy Survey

American Community Survey: Is it useful? Is it safe?

April 7, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik Democracy, Good government, Immigration, Survey, Widgets: Polls Leave a comment

I filled out the U.S. Department of Commerce’s American Community Survey today, and I’m wondering: Does this thing yield anything useful, and do I

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Brexit

Brexit, Colombia, Trump, and the threat of the unexpected

November 4, 2016 Christopher Burke 2016 Election, International, Widgets: Polls Leave a comment

This year pre-Brexit, polls in Britain were equivocal. Would Britain continue as a member of the European Community? Nobody knew. However, in the weeks

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poll

Inane questions undermine poll results

August 30, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Media, Politics, Widgets: Polls Leave a comment

Last night, Rachel Maddow reported that a just-released national poll by liberal-leaning PPP gives Hilllary Clinton the edge against Donald Trump. At first glance,

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