Mail Surveys for Election Forecasting? An Evaluation of the Columbus Dispatch Poll

Journal Article MAIL SURVEYS FOR ELECTION FORECASTING? AN EVALUATION OF THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH POLL Get access PENNY S. VISSER, PENNY S. VISSER PENNY s. VISSER is a doctoral candidate in the department of psychology at Ohio State University and JON A. KROSNICK is an associate professor in the departments of psychology and political science at Ohio State University, JESSE MARQUETTE is a professor of political science and director of the Survey Research Center at the University of Akron. MICHAEL CURTIN is the editor of the Columbus Dispatch. This research was supported by grant SBR-9503822 from the National Science Foundation to Jon A. Krosnick and by grant T32-MH19728-03 from the National Institute of Mental Health, which provided a prcdoctoral fellowship to Penny S. Visser. We thank Andy Smith and Al Tuchfarber from the University of Cincinnati for providing information on their preelection surveys, and Jim Hunter from the Columbus Dispatch for archival assistance. We also thank Richard Carson, Robert Cameron Mitchell, and Stanley Presser for helpful comments on an earlier draft. Correspondence regarding this article should be addressed to Penny S. Visser or Jon A. Krosnick, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, 1885 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210 (E-mail visser.104@osu.edu or krosnick@osu.edu) Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar JON A. KROSNICK, JON A. KROSNICK PENNY s. VISSER is a doctoral candidate in the department of psychology at Ohio State University and JON A. KROSNICK is an associate professor in the departments of psychology and political science at Ohio State University, JESSE MARQUETTE is a professor of political science and director of the Survey Research Center at the University of Akron. MICHAEL CURTIN is the editor of the Columbus Dispatch. This research was supported by grant SBR-9503822 from the National Science Foundation to Jon A. Krosnick and by grant T32-MH19728-03 from the National Institute of Mental Health, which provided a prcdoctoral fellowship to Penny S. Visser. We thank Andy Smith and Al Tuchfarber from the University of Cincinnati for providing information on their preelection surveys, and Jim Hunter from the Columbus Dispatch for archival assistance. We also thank Richard Carson, Robert Cameron Mitchell, and Stanley Presser for helpful comments on an earlier draft. Correspondence regarding this article should be addressed to Penny S. Visser or Jon A. Krosnick, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, 1885 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210 (E-mail visser.104@osu.edu or krosnick@osu.edu) Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar JESSE MARQUETTE, JESSE MARQUETTE PENNY s. VISSER is a doctoral candidate in the department of psychology at Ohio State University and JON A. KROSNICK is an associate professor in the departments of psychology and political science at Ohio State University, JESSE MARQUETTE is a professor of political science and director of the Survey Research Center at the University of Akron. MICHAEL CURTIN is the editor of the Columbus Dispatch. This research was supported by grant SBR-9503822 from the National Science Foundation to Jon A. Krosnick and by grant T32-MH19728-03 from the National Institute of Mental Health, which provided a prcdoctoral fellowship to Penny S. Visser. We thank Andy Smith and Al Tuchfarber from the University of Cincinnati for providing information on their preelection surveys, and Jim Hunter from the Columbus Dispatch for archival assistance. We also thank Richard Carson, Robert Cameron Mitchell, and Stanley Presser for helpful comments on an earlier draft. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MICHAEL CURTIN MICHAEL CURTIN PENNY s. VISSER is a doctoral candidate in the department of psychology at Ohio State University and JON A. KROSNICK is an associate professor in the departments of psychology and political science at Ohio State University, JESSE MARQUETTE is a professor of political science and director of the Survey Research Center at the University of Akron. MICHAEL CURTIN is the editor of the Columbus Dispatch. This research was supported by grant SBR-9503822 from the National Science Foundation to Jon A. Krosnick and by grant T32-MH19728-03 from the National Institute of Mental Health, which provided a prcdoctoral fellowship to Penny S. Visser. We thank Andy Smith and Al Tuchfarber from the University of Cincinnati for providing information on their preelection surveys, and Jim Hunter from the Columbus Dispatch for archival assistance. We also thank Richard Carson, Robert Cameron Mitchell, and Stanley Presser for helpful comments on an earlier draft. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 60, Issue 2, Summer 1996, Pages 181–227, https://doi.org/10.1086/297748 Published: 01 January 1996