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• Smart Ranked Choice Polling in the Presidential Race by PPP: New Poll Clarifies Nature of Donald Trump’s Support

  • Posted: September 1, 2015
  • Author(s): Rob Richie, Molly Rockett
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  After a fiery first Republican Presidential Debate on August 6th, the GOP primary field has continued to shift and change, leaving many pollsters struggling to catch up. To the surprise of many observers, Donald Trump has continued his surge – but new polling techniques helps clarify the nature of his support.

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• Second Choices Mean a Second Chance to Determine Real GOP Frontrunner

  • Posted: July 25, 2015
  • Author(s): Rob Richie, Molly Rockett
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  It's time for pollsters to be more innovative in surveys of multi-candidate fields like the 2016 presidential nomination contest. A new Public Policy Polling (PPP) survey makes a good start in asking for second choices and reporting the totals for "pairings" of candidates. Doing so allow a simulation of ranked choice voting.

   

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