First – for a list of ways to watch tomorrow’s festivities, go here. Online (C-SPAN, Hulu) as well as via MSNBC in a Starbucks near you. Now then…
For a look back at 2008, Pollster.com has an excellent roundup. Did you know that 30% of all votes were cast early? That more than ever, the 2008 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Site News'
Thoughts on Inauguration Eve
January 20th, 2009, 1:56am by Sam Wang
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The 500,000th site view…
October 8th, 2008, 9:09pm by Sam Wang
…will occur around 1:00am tonight. Our per-day traffic is about 5-10% that of Pollster.com, Electoral-Vote.com, or FiveThirtyEight. Not so bad for a site that went dormant in 2004 and re-launched in late July. Thank you all. (And you are most welcome to exit this site via my ActBlue page.)
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Stretching your political dollars
October 5th, 2008, 3:03pm by Sam Wang
When you give money to political campaigns, you deserve to see good value for your donation. Democrats are well positioned to win the White House and make substantial gains in the House and Senate. Where is your money most effective?
I don’t ask for donations to keep this site going. Instead, I ask people to make [...]
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Obama’s continuing rise, and a criticism from Silver
October 1st, 2008, 12:38pm by Sam Wang
The EV estimator is continuing its sharp rise (now Obama 322 EV, McCain 216 EV). It is catching up with the increase in support for Obama, which has been maintained after the first debate. National polls are now at a median of Obama +5.5 +/- 0.8% (n=12, Sept. 25-30; updated 12:53am). The EV estimator will [...]
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300,000th view – thank you!
September 29th, 2008, 3:30pm by Sam Wang
Last night we provided the 300,000th page view. I wasn’t expecting it until today, but links from Andrew Sullivan, DailyKos, and many others to The Disappearing Bradley Effect pushed us over. Thank you!
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Disappearing posts?
September 24th, 2008, 1:21pm by Sam Wang
Just a reminder – posts that are highly specific to the Meta-Analysis get shunted over to the right sidebar after a little while. This is especially true if they concern individual polls, a topic of transient interest.
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Show your support
September 20th, 2008, 7:57am by Sam Wang
This site doesn’t take donations. But one way to show your support is to give to the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund. They’ve made what one survey suggests is, by some measures, the most effective ad of the campaign. Details – and equal time to an opposing cause – follow.
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Site features, old and new
September 15th, 2008, 4:00pm by Sam Wang
We’ve rearranged things a little. Andrew Ferguson and Drew Thaler have added features and documentation that I hope you’ll like. Foremost is the interactive electoral map on the right sidebar, which is helpful in examining likely future scenarios.
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