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Revolutionising Voter Decision-Making

The limitations of face-to-face and telephone surveys have led many polling firms to replace them with digital surveys which, despite having undeniable advantages, are still not sufficient to obtain truly representative samples of the population....

Catalogue: Latin America 2024

Author: Cesar Augusto Caballero Reinoso

Company: Cifras & Conceptos

April 24, 2024

Revolutionising Voter Decision-Making

The limitations of face-to-face and telephone surveys have led many polling firms to replace them with digital surveys which, despite having undeniable advantages, are still not sufficient to obtain truly representative samples of the population....

Catalogue: Latin America 2024

Author: Cesar Augusto Caballero Reinoso

Company: Cifras & Conceptos

April 24, 2024

The pollsters' survival kit for election night...and the days after

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...

Catalogue: Webinars 2020

Authors: Kathy Frankovic, Clifford Alexander Young, Jean-Marc Leger, Joe Lenski, Deborah Mattinson

October 12, 2020

Beyond the Red Wall: Keynote interview

Why did Labour lose? Why the Conservatives won? What happens next? What does this tell us about the likely outcome in the US election?

Catalogue: Insights Festival 2020

Authors: Deborah Mattinson, Stephen Bush

September 15, 2020

The pollsters' survival kit in the world of Trump

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...

Catalogue: Webinars 2020

Authors: Kathy Frankovic, Jean-Marc Leger, Clifford Alexander Young, Melissa Hermann, Chintan Turakhia, Jennifer Agiesta, Frank Graves

August 20, 2020

The fluctuating fortunes of the U.K. Social Democratic Party

This paper describes the methodology, and outlines some of the findings, of an ongoing programme of political research. The focus is the recently formed UK Social Democratic Party. The SDP, in collaboration with its Alliance partner, the Liberal...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1983: Demonstrating The Contribution Of Research

Authors: Tony Lunn, Peter Cooper, Oliver Murphy

Company: QRi Consulting Ltd.

June 15, 1983

Classifying undecided voters in pre-election surveys

Due to the potential impact and significance of the undecideds and the widespread use of telephone surveys, it became imperative that an improved technique be developed which would result in a reliable forecast of the likely voting patterns of...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1982: Fitting Research To Turbulent Times

Authors: Frederick Wiseman, I. Fenwick, J. W. Becker, J. Heiman

June 15, 1982

Diminishing political participation

Statistics show that political participation in Switzerland, as in many other Western countries, is constantly decreasing. A first analysis has shown, that certain segments of the population are much less participating in polls than others,...

Catalogue: Seminar 1980: Social Change Analysis As A Tool For Strategic Planning And Decision Making

Author: Werner Wyss

Company: SCOPE Qualitative Research AG

June 18, 1980

The voters between left and right

9 out of 10 voters can position themselves on a left / right semantic differential scale. Some 30% choose for the center position. The scale-positions largely explain party-choice in elections as well as perceptions of political entities such as...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/WAPOR Seminar 1980: Opinion Polls

Author: Jan Stapel

Company: NIPO

June 15, 1980