Polling

Feedback is necessary for all organizations to thrive. Much like a chef at a restaurant would want to know if his food tastes poorly to his customers, governments and those in power need to know whether they are satisfying the needs of their citizens. To do this, large scale polls or surveys must be conducted, representing all cohorts and demographics as accurately as possible. One such Gallup poll that aims to do this is The Gallup Poll Social Series. Gallup conducts a number of surveys worldwide, gathering information regarding social, economic, and political issues. This service, which is performed in a specific way, is of the utmost importance, with the potential to greatly benefit or harm our country. The Gallup Poll Social Series takes surveys of U.S. adults on various important social, political, and economic topics. The survey has twelve large categories, one of which is focused on each month. These include: January: Mood of the Nation, February: World Affairs, March: Environment, April: Economy and Finance, May: Values and Beliefs, June: Minority Rights and Relations, July: Consumption Habits, August: Work and Education, September: Governance, October: Crime, November: Health, and December: Lifestyle. Each category has been conducted in the same order every year since 2001 to ensure consistency and to prevent the effects of varying question orders and seasonal bias (Gallup, 2016). The company has a very specific process by which it collects data. Gallup…

Why use polling? Polling is utilized in politics to gauge the public’s attitude toward a person or issue and to learn what message could persuade a particular type of voter to support a particular person or issue. Polls can measure candidate viability through the ballot test question, and evaluate the effectiveness of a particular communication strategy. For instance, polling allows a representative sample of 1,000 people to share their opinions on a candidate or issue, thereby providing the…

Would you support a independent commission to draw congressional districts to end gerrymandering? On this question I believe that people would want to make the district were one political party would not have complete control over it. Most americans want to make sure that their representatives uphold their believes. If you draw a district a certain way, you could mute the voices of many voters. According to the Public Policy Polling report, most North Carolinians support a independent…

We are expected to discover new things about ourselves and our morality by using the online simulation titled, “Should You Kill The Fat Man?” By navigating through a scenario involving a runaway train and an evil fat man, the user of the simulation should finish the scenario feeling as if they learned something new about themselves. To begin, the answer four preliminary questions that establish our morality, and the extremes we will go to in order to make the best decision. Next, the simulation…

In order for public opinion to be accurately assessed, a proper definition of the term must first be achieved. While polling and surveys might attempt to conclude what the public’s viewpoints are on a topic, they fail to actually define what public opinion is. Political analysts Blumer, Lippman, Converse, and Herbst each formulate their own viewpoints on public opinion and the role of polling for assessing opinion. Each author views public opinion in a different role and believes that polling…

team has used have clearly worked and attracted a supportive backing, but there is an interesting tactic that you may want to utilize: push polling. Push polling is a marketing technique and a polling strategy that allows a team to push a certain agenda and favor a candidate without being outright. The polling is conducted with subtle changes in a normal question that has a high chance of making voters lean in a certain direction, as many do not involve themselves extremely tightly in politics.…

solutions by marketing researchers specializing in public opinion surveys- (polling). The long awaited release of MRIA’s comprehensive polling standards is here. This document was prepared using the ESOMAR/WAPOR Guideline on Opinion Polls and Published Surveys research; American Association for Public Research; consultation with Canadian pollsters; papers and news articles on polling; CRTC regulations and the Canadian Elections Act. The pre-eminent body MRIA, an active non- profit…

At all levels of society, polling has major sway. Whether it’s a small poll of a small group to determine where everyone will be going for lunch, or one of whole states to determine who the next leader of the free world will be, it uses vote totals obtained from the polling process to give perspective on what the population deems to be the “right” decision. As is expected, however, the practice has its drawbacks - specifically, the inherent risks of weighting, selection bias, and decreased…

My prediction about Hillary Clinton becoming the president was wrong. Donald Trump won the election and defeated Clinton. Clinton did not get enough votes as predicted by poll data. Trump got votes from Clinton’s supporters that did not vote her. The predictive models of politics can be improved by not being biased when making prediction, looking at more data, and viewing the viewpoint of both sides of arguments. Clinton did not get plenty votes as expected by polling data. My prediction that…

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