Where did you get this number? : a pollster's guide to making sense of the world / Anthony Salvanto.

"Polls are everywhere these days, and they're trying to tell us more than just who's up and who's down. As Elections and Surveys Director for CBS News, it's Anthony Salvanto's job to understand you--what you think and how you vote. He's the person behind so many of the poll numbers you see today. In...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Salvanto, Anthony (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress > Public opinion.
United States. > Congress.
Public opinion polls > United States.
Voting research > United States.
United States > Politics and government > Public opinion.
Presidents > United States > Public opinion.
Public opinion > United States.
Presidents > Public opinion.
Public opinion.
Public opinion polls.
United States.
Physical Description:viii, 244 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The seen and the unseen
  • Why didn't you call me?
  • Finding you
  • How to avoid surprises
  • What are you trying to say?
  • What's the story?
  • How to learn a lot from a little
  • You be the judge
  • It all comes down to turnout
  • Counting on Congress
  • Is it really a horse race?
  • Polling in the present tense
  • The politics of inequality
  • Would you invite a Democrat to dinner?
  • Epilogue: All the people you don't know.