How Harry Reid’s pollster got it right
11/07/2010
J. Patrick Coolican, Las Vegas SunAll the late public polling in the race between Sen. Harry Reid and his Republican challenger Sharron Angle turned out to be wrong, including the…
Barbara Boxer overcame several hurdles to defeat Carly Fiorina in Senate race
11/04/2010
Despite perennially weak approval ratings, a pro-Republican political climate and her 'toughest and roughest campaign,' she beat the former Hewlett-Packard CEO 52% to 42.6%. If ever there was an election…
The House in perspective
10/27/2010
While Paul Simon found 50 ways to leave your lover, I’m going to catalogue 15 ways to think about how many House seats Democrats will lose next week. History ordains…
Are some polls wrong?
10/20/2010
Polling drives the Democratic debacle narrative. Generic horse-races fan the flames, aided by a host of polls in states and districts across the country. We followed the odyssey of the…
Great uncertainty still lies before us
10/12/2010
For months, the narrative has been imprinted on our brains: Weighed down by an economy that still feels mired in recession and a president whose popularity is sagging as a…
The year of the nut
09/28/2010
In 1992, I was privileged to participate in what became known as “The Year of the Woman.” By contrast, 2010 may well be dubbed “The Year of the Nut.” Republicans…
Follow the bouncing generic ball
09/21/2010
Hold on just a minute! Based on the data coming across my desk, most of which never sees the light of day, I am willing to stipulate that this will…
Polling the right people
09/14/2010
By Mark Mellman - 09/14/10 It's axiomatic: Producing accurate results requires a poll to survey the right people. Often this stricture is observed in the breach. To illustrate the problem,…
No summer of love for Democrats
09/07/2010
It hasn’t exactly been the summer of love – at least not for Democrats. After enjoying a welcome break, I’ve been struggling to find a way of summarizing what’s…
Rebuilding the Democratic brand with jobs
08/18/2010
Not to be difficult, mind you, but what is it that the Democrats see themselves running on in the next 75 days -- or, for that matter, the next two…