All the BEST Polls Agree With Me

All the BEST Polls Agree With Me

In today’s Science Friday, we explore biases in polling – BUT we explore it from the angle of the interpretation of polls.  In a paper from Madison & Hillygus (both from Duke), they conclude that while most political nerds will evaluate a poll by...
Trumps Victory in Miami-Dade Florida in 2020

Trumps Victory in Miami-Dade Florida in 2020

Oh Miami! The city of my favorite show as a kid (Miami Vice), white sand beaches, Cuban food, and a kaleidoscope of culture. This Florida boy loves him some Miami. Miami-Dade is the county that includes the Miami we all know and love. Miami (Dade County) is also a...
Reintroducing Political Science Fridays

Reintroducing Political Science Fridays

Political Research Fridays One of the most popular segments of this blog was “Political Science Fridays”. It was a blog post each Friday that presented a quick hit of academic research in the areas of political science, political psychology, and/or voting...
2020 Electoral College Contest Results

2020 Electoral College Contest Results

Ozean Media and Meer Research recently sponsored a contest asking people to predict the Electoral College outcome for 2020. We thought we would share the predictions and results with you. Winner of Electoral College – Biden / Harris 90% of the contestants picked the...
POTUS IMPEACHMENT – More Research Needed

POTUS IMPEACHMENT – More Research Needed

Interesting test this week with Meer Research in regard’s to the impeachment of President Donald Trump. This is a cross-post from Meer Research. We had an internal debate on the potential wording of the question. Instead of guessing, we set out to do a quick...