Long-time readers may recall when I unveiled the first Meta-Analysis of State Polls during the 2004 campaign. It was one of the first analyses of its kind. The response was overwhelming. The act of reducing the vagaries of state polls to a single number, the Median Electoral Vote Estimate, attracted hundreds of thousands of readers and coverage by The Wall Street Journal and even Fox News.
Now we’re back as election.princeton.edu, or the Princeton Election Consortium. It’s automated and safeguarded against biases. It has information others cannot provide, even Poblano. As November approaches I will feature Princeton colleagues’ research that pertains to the election - and perhaps entice a few of them to guest-blog.
So...Does the onslaught of state-level polls have you dizzy? Do outliers leave you distracted? Have you ever wanted a way to reduce the confusion? Then read on.