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Exit Polls: Uses Advantages and Disadvantages

Why Pollsters are Flummoxed on Clinton and Obama

Author:

Aldhous, Peter

Date:

2008

Examines failures of pre-election polls to predict accurately the Clinton/Obama primary results. Submits that ultimately, likely-voter models are the culprit of the inaccuracies.

Controversies in Exit Polling: Implementing a racially stratified homogenous precinct approach

Author:

Barreto, Matt A., Fernando Guerra, Mara Marks, Stephen A. Nu

Date:

2006

The Loyola Marymount poll, the poll implemented in this study, used a "racially stratified homogonous precinct approach that specifically designated precincts in predominantly White, Black, Latino, a

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Boston/Massachusetts Civil Rights/Race/Equality Issues Ecological Inference Election Equipment Exit Polls: Uses Advantages and Disadvantages Poll Workers Research Methodology Survey Methodology Voting Experience

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