{"id":23828,"date":"2020-10-08T10:48:08","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T15:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=23828"},"modified":"2020-10-08T10:48:08","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T15:48:08","slug":"is-past-prologue-polling-and-forecasting-in-the-2020-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/23828","title":{"rendered":"Is Past Prologue? Polling and Forecasting in the 2020 Election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dr. Eric Loepp<\/a>, political science professor, will talk about \u201cIs Past Prologue? Polling and Forecasting in the 2020 Election<\/a>\u201d on Thurs., Oct. 8, at 6:30 pm.<\/strong> This online public presentation is sponsored by the League of Women Voters-Whitewater Area<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No registration is required! Simply join by going to the URL http:\/\/bit.ly\/ElectionProgramZoom<\/strong><\/a>. Passcode: 082754<\/strong>. Or, join by telephone: (312) 626-6799,<\/strong> Webinar ID: 958 8818 2881<\/strong>, Passcode: 082754<\/strong>. If you are unable to attend the event. a recording will be available to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’d like to learn more, Andersen Library may be able to help! <\/strong>Search Books, Media and more UW Whitewater<\/a> to find books such as Elections and exit polling<\/a><\/em> (2008, online via Wiley) and Improving public opinion surveys: Interdisciplinary innovation and the American National Election Studies<\/a><\/em> (2011, online via ProQuest Ebook Central). Search the articles<\/a> portion of Research@UWW to find articles including \u201c2016 Presidential statewide polling\u2014A substandard performance: A proposal and application for evaluating preelection poll accuracy<\/a>\u201d (2019, American Behavioral Scientist<\/em>, v.63:no. 7, pp. 768\u201388), “An evaluation of the 2016 election polls in the United States<\/a>” (2018, Public Opinion Quarterly<\/em>, v.82:no.1, pp.1\u201333), “How surprising was Trump’s victory? Evaluations of the 2016 U.S. presidential election and a new poll aggregation model<\/a>” (2018, Electoral Studies<\/em>, v.54, pp.<\/em>81\u201389), and “Projecting confidence: How the probabilistic horse race confuses and demobilizes the public<\/a>” (2020, The Journal of Politics<\/em>, v.82:no.4, pp.1530\u20131544).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You also can read a Q&A with Courtney Kennedy, the Pew Research Center’s Director of Survey Research, from 2017 on “Political polls and the 2016 election<\/a>.” The article links to a report<\/a> on the 2016 political polls from the American Association for Public Opinion Research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For assistance with finding additional resources, such as articles or additional books, please ask a librarian<\/a> (visit or contact staff at the Reference Desk, email, chat, or make an appointment).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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