Boston Area Colleges Election Project

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

There have been concerns that racial gerrymandering to benefit minorities would lead to racial polarization.

African American respondents performed more poorly in answering factual questions (rather than questions on opinion) when interviewed by a white interviewer than when interviewed by an African America

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

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

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

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

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

Poll workers are a vital part of our democracy. Examines comprehensively the roles, regulations, and issues surrounding poll workers. Looks at challenges to providing answers to these issues.

Current predominant ecological inference methods used in voting rights litigation, especially the two predominant methods, have shortcomings.