Boston Area Colleges Election Project

Exit polls had more problems than pre-election polls in 2004.

The NES is victim to a substantial amount of pro-winner bias in subpresidential elections.

Concludes that the 1989 Virginia gubernatorial race exit poll was wrong because it used face-to-face interviews.

1988 NES Senate Election Study has systematic respondent overstatement of support for winners.

Rebuts Gronke's criticisms in a 1990 article in Legislative Studies Quarterly, except he does not rebut Gronke's criticisms about exit polling

Research of 1992 Ohio election returns shows that order of candidates on the ballot can have an effect on candidate selection.

Discusses the networks' move to jointly hire the same exit polls for election projections.

Black candidates David Dinkins and Douglas Wilder did better in the polls than in the actual returns in the 1989 elections.

Conservative parties in Europe have generally been known for the shy Tory effect, where they vote conservative but tell exit pollsters they voted lib.

Issue labeling and enhancement can have a substantial effect on public support for some issues. In other words, question wording and word choice have a directional effect.