<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - The Poll Watchers</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</link><description>The Poll Watchers</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[The Enthusiasm Gap]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61725-2004Sep30.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61725-2004Sep30.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In an election in which turnout is key, keeping the faithful energized is one of the most critical challenges facing John F. Kerry as he approaches the first presidential debate tonight.]]></description><author> Richard Morin and Christopher Muste</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth Is Fleeting for Bush]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59072-2004Aug12.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59072-2004Aug12.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Surveys suggest that Bush's popularity has plummeted among 18 to 29 year-olds in the past four months, posing a new obstacle to the president's bid to win reelection and an immediate challenge to Republicans seeking to win over impressionable and lightly committed young people during their upcoming convention.]]></description><author> Richard Morin, Claudia Deane and Christopher Muste</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Rebounds on Terrorism]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48870-2004Jul14.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48870-2004Jul14.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Pollwatchers also report that journalists are more likely than female voters to think Sen. John Edwards is oh so dreamy.]]></description><author> Richard Morin and Claudia Deane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Ahead on Terror Issue, Poll Finds]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46366-2004Jul13.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46366-2004Jul13.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush has reclaimed the advantage as the presidential candidate best able to deal with the international terrorist threat, according to the latest Washington Post poll.]]></description><author> Richard Morin and Claudia Deane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Hampshire: Graveyard of Pollsters]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41186-2004Jan23.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41186-2004Jan23.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA["Now I know why they call this the Granite State," said candidate Bob Dole eight years ago after losing a Republican primary in the state for the second time. "It's so hard to crack." Dole's assessment is as true for pollsters as for the candidates in New Hampshire, where bad methodology, bad timing or simply bad luck have produced some of the most memorable miscues in the annals of polling.]]></description><author> Richard Morin and Claudia Deane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exit Polls From '02 Election to Be Released]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14843-2003Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14843-2003Sep2.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The missing-in-action 2002 national exit poll data has been given to the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research for public release after a panel of academic experts reviewed the survey and concluded the results were reliable.]]></description><author> Richard Morin and Claudia Deane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Polls Reinforce Divide on Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52020-2003Mar19.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52020-2003Mar19.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Americans have rallied strongly behind President Bush and his policy of disarming Iraq by force, while most Europeans remain sharply critical of Bush and his foreign policy, according to surveys released yesterday.]]></description><author> Richard Morin and Claudia Deane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Networks Reach Exit Poll Agreement]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33186-2003Jan23.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33186-2003Jan23.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The major television networks and the Associated Press have agreed in principle to hire two veteran pollsters to conduct exit polls in next year's general election and early presidential primaries, network sources said today.]]></description><author> Richard Morin and Claudia Deane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Exit Poll Service Sought]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33280-2003Jan9.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33280-2003Jan9.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Cable giant CNN is negotiating to conduct its own exit polls in 2004 as the troubled Voter News Service exit poll consortium moved closer to collapse, according to sources familiar with the talks.]]></description><author> Richard Morin and Claudia Deane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exit Polls System in Doubt]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26071-2002Aug16.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26071-2002Aug16.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Some insiders at Voter News Service are growing increasingly concerned that the media exit poll consortium is lagging behind schedule and might not be ready for the Nov. 5 general election.]]></description><author> Richard Morin and Claudia Deane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Independent Are Independents?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35685-2002Aug2.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35685-2002Aug2.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[They're celebrated by pundits and political reporters as the real swingers of American politics: Political independents. But the overwhelming majority of independents do favor one party or the other.]]></description><author> Richard Morin and Claudia Deane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democrats Fear Repeat in '04]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24208-2002Jul18.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24208-2002Jul18.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It's much too early for the Democratic rank-and-file to have a clear preference for 2004 dream ticket, but already some Democrats seem to know what their nightmare ticket might be: It's Al Gore and Joseph Lieberman.]]></description><author> Richard Morin and Claudia Deane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poll: Tighten Business Regulations]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8418-2002Jul1.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8418-2002Jul1.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Americans are demanding tighter government regulation of business and believe that multi-billion dollar accounting irregularities signal a broader problem with the way American businesses keep their books, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.]]></description><author> Richard Morin and Claudia Deane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[America's Emotional Recovery]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33692-2002May30.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33692-2002May30.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Americans have made a dramatic recovery from Sept. 11, with substantially fewer people reporting recent bouts of nervous tension as a consequence of the terrorist attacks.]]></description><author> Richard Morin and Claudia Deane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mexico's 'Wacky' Election]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46781-2002Apr1.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46781-2002Apr1.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Globe-trotting pollster Warren Mitofsky has conducted election polls around the world. So it's worth a listen when he says he's never seen an election like the vote to elect leaders of Mexico's Democratic Revolution Party.]]></description><author> Richard Morin and Claudia Deane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Polls Come Under Fire]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2730-2002Mar22.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2730-2002Mar22.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The hugely influential Gallup Poll of Islamic Countries released last month continues to make news--not all of it good for the Gallup Organization, USA Today and CNN.]]></description><author> Richard Morin and Claudia Deane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why the Fla. Exit Polls Were Wrong]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45950-2000Nov8.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45950-2000Nov8.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Samples of voters that contained too many Democrats and some bad assumptions led Voter News Service to make and then retract two dramatic election-night predictions.]]></description><author> Richard Morin and Claudia Deane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Polls Inconclusive on Election Day]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30410-2000Nov7.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30410-2000Nov7.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The polls couldn't figure out the winner, so now it's up to the voters.]]></description><author> Richard Morin and Claudia Deane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Nader Vote's Complicated Math]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56555-2000Nov1.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56555-2000Nov1.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The number of Nader supporters who may defect to a major-party candidate, coupled with the 5 percent of Bush and Gore supporters who could switch to Nader, are making it difficult to predict his impact.]]></description><author> Richard Morin and Claudia Deane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond the Gender Gap]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11198-2000Oct25.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11198-2000Oct25.html?nav=rss_politics/onlineextra/pollwatchers</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Other chasms in the electorate are just as startling and may prove to be even more significant than the gender gap in this presidential election.]]></description><author> Richard Morin and Claudia Deane</author></item></channel></rss>
