Author: Ken Strasma

Haystaq has built national models predicting voters’ attitudes about 60+ different issues. These are based on large-sample phone surveys and are applied to all 200 million voters nationwide. We’ve analyzed our national issue models and found that these are the top issue scores among the group of Bernie supporters less likely to turn out for…

You can’t turn on a tv without seeing someone talking about the weather and how it affects turnout.  Well, it turns out that as of 2:30 eastern, the weather is worse in counties that went for Romney in 2012.  Now you know.

HaystaqDNA has been conducting daily surveys in 35 states over the past two weeks.  This is part of a long-term research project to determine what survey questions are the best predictors of who will actually vote.  While we will have to wait awhile after the election to find out who actually voted, there are some…

Interest in the race is high.  In a large-sample survey of 6,381 registered Mississippi voters conducted by HaystaqDNA over the weekend, 67% said that they will definitely vote in the runoff election.   As one would expect, self-reported turnout likelihood is highest among voters who have a declared preference in the runoff, with 90% of…