Word: pollinger
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IN THE ARENA: Joe Klein on what's wrong with polling and focus groups 29
Reality, unfortunately, is stingy with outspoken political heroes. Mavericks tend to lose, even compelling ones like John McCain. There is a reason for that: inconvenient truths are inconvenient to someone. And passion can be scary. McCain's assault on Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell cost him dearly in the 2000...
Take polling, please. The vast majority of Americans--as many as 90%, pollsters have told me privately--refuse to answer questions when the wizard calls (although the number is marginally better this hot election year). People who use cell phones exclusively, mostly younger voters, are unreachable. The wizards say they...
The UN estimates Iraq will need some 30,000 polling stations nationwide, and an electoral staff of some 120,000, yet to be put in place; currently, the UN presence in Iraq is limited, for security reasons, to a meager 35 people.
The major challenge, at this stage, remains creating a security environment in which Iraqis are free to go to the polls. Already, some in Washington, such as Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld, are hedging by suggesting that the election could simply bypass those areas in which insurgent violence renders safe polling...