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Edison Conducts Exit Polls in North Carolina, Indiana

Obama, Clinton Trade Wins On Tuesday, May 6th, Edison Media Research successfully conducted exit polls at precincts all across North Carolina and Indiana, surveying over 4000 respondents voting at Democratic primaries to identify voter demographics, important issues and candidate preference. Senator Barack Obama won the North Carolina primary by a decisive margin, while Senator Hillary […]

Tom Webster

Online Radio Listening At-Work Grows

Update from the Arbitron/Edison Media Research “Internet & Multimedia 2008 Study” The portion of American workers who are choosing to listen to radio via the Internet as opposed to through a traditional radio receiver grew dramatically from 2007 to 2008. According to data from the Arbitron/Edison Media Research Internet & Multimedia series of studies, among […]

Tom Webster

AP/mtvU Poll Shows that Many College Students are Stressed

Edison Media Research recently conducted a poll of U.S. undergraduates on behalf of the Associated Press and mtvU to gauge the level of stress they feel and how it impacts their lives. Four in ten students said that they endure stress “often,” while nearly 20% responded that their stress level within the past three months […]

Tom Webster

Online Radio Reaches 33 Million Americans Per Week

The annual Infinite Dial 2008: Radio’s Digital Platforms put out by Arbitron (NYSE: ARB) and Edison Media Research, estimates that 33 million Americans age 12 or older listen to a radio station over the Internet during an average week – up from 29 million listeners one year ago. There is also a strong connection between […]

Tom Webster

Edison Conducts Exit Polling for Mississippi Primaries

Calls Obama, McCain as Victors On Tuesday, March 11th, Edison Media Research successfully conducted exit polls at precincts all across Mississippi, surveying over 2200 respondents at Republican and Democratic primaries to identify voter demographics, important issues and candidate preference. John McCain was the winner in the Republican primary, while Barack Obama won the Democratic contest […]

Tom Webster

Clinton’s Support Amongst White Union Workers Erodes in Wisconsin

Senator Clinton has enjoyed widespread support from voters living in union households since the beginning of the primary season in Iowa. In fact, even in states that were extremely close, such as Missouri, Clinton’s support amongst White voters living in union households far exceeded even her advantage with White voters in general. In the exceptionally […]

Tom Webster

Edison Media Research Conducts Exit Polls in Wisconsin

Calls Obama, McCain as Victors On Tuesday, February 19th, Edison Media Research successfully conducted exit polls at precincts all across Wisconsin, surveying over 2300 respondents at Republican and Democratic primaries to identify voter demographics, important issues and candidate preference. John McCain was the winner in the Republican primary, while Barack Obama won the Democratic contest. […]

Tom Webster

Wondering Who Those Superdelegates Are?

The Superdelegate Transparency Project Portal is a wiki that purports to have all the answers. Feel free to examine, contribute and/or correct where you can.

Tom Webster

Edison Conducts Exit Polls in Maryland, Virginia

Obama, McCain Sweep On Tuesday, January 29th, Edison Media Research successfully conducted exit polls at precincts all across Maryland and Virginia, surveying nearly 4000 respondents at Republican and Democratic primaries in both states to identify voter demographics, important issues and candidate preference. John McCain was the winner in both Republican primaries, while Barack Obama won […]

Tom Webster

So, Where Did the Edwards Vote Go?

Now that Super Tuesday is in the books, I’ll briefly revisit my question from a few days ago, as we have a better idea where the Edwards voters migrated. In a cross-survey analysis of all the Democratic contests on Super Tuesday, Edwards managed to garner 3% of the vote. Certainly, that is one answer–some of […]

Tom Webster

Edison Conducts Super Tuesday Exit Polling; Successfully Executes One Of The Largest One-Day Survey Research Projects In History

On February 5th, 2008, Edison Media Research successfully conducted exit polls for 16 Democratic and 15 Republican primaries all across the United States, on what has become known as “Super Tuesday.” Edison’s national network of interviewers collected data outside hundreds of precincts in crucial states ranging from Massachusetts to California. In one day Edison collected, […]

Tom Webster

Where will the Edwards Supporters Go?

There has been a lot of speculation about which camp Edwards’ supporters will migrate to, and I thought it would be useful to take a look at the recent South Carolina data to see if there were any clues from the exit polls. We asked a number of questions of the voters regarding their opinions […]

Tom Webster