The panelists will cover a number of areas regarding polling and the U.S. Election, including the following: - How the evidence explains what actually happened in this US election;- How criticisms of US pre-election polls have raised questions about the viability of public opinion research;- How to evaluate the impact of the 2020 election polls for all forms of opinion research.
With only a few weeks to go before the U.S. presidential election, Americans are facing the potential for a long and protracted period of uncertainty about the outcome. Will Donald Trump be elected for four more years or will the American voters make a change and elect Joe Biden? In this webinar, North American and International pollsters will share their views on where the race stands, what seem to be the central issues, and how - and when - it's all likely to end.Voter Priorities, Battleground States, and Other Assorted Things to Keep Your Eye On The 2020 US Presidential Electionby Clifford Young, President, Public Affairs, Ipsos USAPollsters confront new challenges in every election, but perhaps never as many as they do in 2020. This presentation summarizes those challenges, with new data and warnings for analysts.Who gets the ballot box bonus?by Jean-Marc Leger, President, Leger Market Research and AnalyticsIt will all come down to voter enthusiasm. Assessing voter turnout is a key factor in allowing polls to be close to the election's results, especially in battleground states. Jean-Marc Leger will present his innovative techniques to better evaluate voter turnout and improve the accuracy of election polling.Identifying Voters and Reporting the Votes Before, On, and Even After Election DayBy Joe Lenski, Co-founder and Executive Vice President, Edison ResearchThe election isn't over until we know the winner. This year increases in vote by mail, the coronavirus pandemic and campaign attacks on the process may make reporting the results more difficult than ever. What tools- old and new- are being used to know the voting outcome? From The Red Wall To The Rust Belt - How Forgotten Communities In The UK and The US Flexed Their Political MuscleBy Deborah Mattinson, Founding Partner, BritainThinks.A view from across the pond; the lessons Americans can learn from recent British elections.
A panel of leading Canadian insights professionals will share how they are helping to ensure that Canadian businesses are leveraging insights to adapt to a post-pandemic world.
We are now less than 100 days before U.S. voters go to the polls to decide whether to stick with Donald Trump for four more years or make a change and elect Joe Biden. In this webinar, five North American pollsters will share their views on where the race stands, what seems to be the central issues, and how it's all likely to turn out.
Two of the world's leading democracy watchers have adopted different approaches to explore whether democracy delivers what it is supposed to deliver. The Freedom House approaches this problem by looking at two objective criteria: Political Rights in a country and the prevailing Civil Culture, while WIN/Gallup International uses a subjective criteria; it approaches nationally representative samples of citizens to find out whether they feel they are being ruled by the will of the people. There is a wide gap between the scores from these two approaches, and our paper is designed to investigate: Why?
Our world knows many conflicts which stand in the way of global peace; civil wars and political unrest, global economic and financial crises, terrorist acts, lack of food security, access to safe water and the list goes on. Will these issues of concern continue to take place in our world and which are people most worried about? Which stands most in the way of global peace? WIN/Gallup International Association, the largest independent association of market research and polling firms conducted a survey in 50 countries across the globe and in all 7 regions to find out what are the hurdles on the path to global peace and which nation leaders will fight for it.