Entries by Tom Webster

Behind the Numbers: The 2016 National Election Exit Poll

On November 8, 2016, Edison Research engaged in the largest single-day research project in the world: Exit Polling the nation on behalf of the National Election Pool (NEP). A staff of over 3,000 exit poll interviewers, precinct vote return reporters, call center workers, and analysts all across the country helped us provide the sole record […]

What Makes an Exit Poll Legitimate?

We here at Edison are proud to be the sole providers of exit polling data for the National Election Pool this Election Day. It’s a responsibility that we take very, very seriously indeed, because we know that our work will be studied and scrutinized for years to come. On election night, it will be our […]

The Increasing Ethnic Diversity Of Podcast Listeners

We have been tracking the demographics of the Podcast listener for over a decade now, and there have been significant changes over that time. In the early days of the medium, Podcasting was disproportionally a medium for white males, ages 25-44. Much of that “skew” was down to the available content options, but today, the […]

One Quarter Of Americans 12+ Follow Politics On Facebook

March is an exceptionally busy month for Edison:  not only are we hard at work on our upcoming Infinite Dial 2016 study with our partners at Triton Digital, but we are also the sole providers of Exit Polling to all of the major news networks. That’s right–for those of you who stayed up watching the […]