by Rob Cottingham | Jun 23, 2006 | Communicating, Speechwriting
As reported in many quarters, including Mystery Pollster: Last Sunday, Bush press secretary Tony Snow speculated about what polls might have shown during World War II: “If somebody had taken a poll in the Battle of the Bulge, I dare say people would have said,... by Rob Cottingham | Jan 25, 2006 | Media Mix, Politics
With thanks to Crawl Across the Ocean: McGill’s whimsically-named Observatory on Media and Public Policy has released its final reports on how Canada’s major dailies covered the 2006 election campaign. A few interesting points: The only leader and party to... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 6, 2005 | Communicating, Technology
Mystery Pollster’s look at diverging polling results in the runup to California’s various referenda is more than just wholesome political geeky goodness. It’s also a quick course in some of the latest polling techniques out there, including online...