Housekeeping

Legacy blog posts MP Housekeeping

First, a blanket apology to all of you who have emailed over the last week or so. You have sent a ton of great questions. I wish I had time to answer them all, but with the election rapidly approaching, I’m starting to realize I won’t get to them all. I am hoping to get through a bunch over the weekend.

Second, you may have noticed a few small changes. I cleaned up the way the Frequently Asked Questions list works. It should be easier to find things I’ve written over the last month. I have received many emails about topics I’ve already covered. Also, I added some blog roll lists. I still have a recommended book list and list of methodology pages in the works. Some of you have sent links to your own blogs. If I’ve forgotten a blog, gently remind me again. Apologies for forgetfulness.

Finally, the problems some of you have experienced over the last few days with unusually large fonts and Mac browser hangs should be cleared up. The problem was my habit of pasting html tables saved with a program called “Excel” (perhaps you’ve heard of it?) that included all sorts of extraneous stuff that makes the blog software very unhappy. Very bad idea. The tables are now jpeg files, which are also easier to read. At some point, I’ll learn to do non-graphical tables…but not this week.

Mark Blumenthal

Mark Blumenthal is the principal at MysteryPollster, LLC. With decades of experience in polling using traditional and innovative online methods, he is uniquely positioned to advise survey researchers, progressive organizations and candidates and the public at-large on how to adapt to polling’s ongoing reinvention. He was previously head of election polling at SurveyMonkey, senior polling editor for The Huffington Post, co-founder of Pollster.com and a long-time campaign consultant who conducted and analyzed political polls and focus groups for Democratic party candidates.