Boston Area Colleges Election Project

Rebuts criticisms of ecological regression, particularly those criticisms that say ecological regression has no credence

Investigates the reason for the difference between the exit poll estimates and the actual vote count in the 2004 Presidential election.

Preelection polls for the 1989 VA gov. election overestimated the vote share of the black candidate. This was due to social desirabilty and race-of-interviewer effects

Looks at the New Hamphsire polling gaffe and samples various pundits explanations, which include the Bradley effect, likelihood of voting estimates, greater possibilty of voters changing minds just be

Discusses the Utah Colleges Exit Poll. Is a good overview of a student run exit poll, its history, and uses. Also reviews exit polling in general, providing a list of key terms.

Rebuts Wrights 1990 Legislative Quarterly Article. Wright's study does not explain why respondents overreport only their Senate vote and not presidential or House votes.

There is a proincumbent response bias in the 1978 and 1980 NES.

Having an African American interviewer made it more likely that respondents would indicate that they support affirmative action.

Overreporting in the NES has gotten progressively worse as a result of the sample being over saturated with self-reported voters

Race of interviewer has an impact on responses to racial questions when the respondent is white and the interviewer is black.