Ivan Moore

The reality is, there’s nothing difficult to poll about Alaska itself. It’s Alaskans who are difficult to poll, because we change our minds.

“Bring us their heads!” cried the mob as soon as the outcome of the general election was finally known. “Their heads!” Whose heads? Are people baying for the blood of Hillary Clinton’s campaign managers? Her consultants? The pundits, maybe? Wait, the media, right? Nope, they all get a free pass. But let’s excoriate the pollsters, … Continue reading Spare the pitchforks! Pollsters are pros, but not prophets

The job of a pollster is to find out lots of different things. How popular politicians are, for example, or what Alaskans think of certain issues, and which products we like to buy. During the course of my long career in the polling business, I've even asked people which way they wind their toilet paper.

It is true that burqas have become symbolic of the repression and subjugation of women under Islamic law, but I think it's questionable whether governments should ever become involved in banning any type of clothing.