Stories by Ruy Teixeira

Ruy Teixeira is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and The Century Foundation.subscribe to Ruy Teixeira's rss feed

Despite Some Support for Arizona Immigration Law, Most Americans Want Comprehensive Reform

Posted on Jun 8, 2010, Source: Center for American Progress

Recent support for Arizona's law has been wrongly interpreted as indicating declining support for comprehensive immigration reform.

The Myth of the Exurban Voter

Posted on Dec 23, 2004, Source: The Center for American Progress and The Century Foundation

Public Opinion Watch: The exurban myth; Who needs the political center; The people don't want to privatize Social Security

The Values Voters Debate Continues

Posted on Dec 16, 2004, Source: The Center for American Progress and The Century Foundation

Public Opinion Watch: Where's the evidence that values voters increased this election from 2000? Also, an update on the National Exit Polls results on Hispanic voting.

Reconsidering the Ohio Results

Posted on Dec 9, 2004, Source: The Center for American Progress and The Century Foundation

Public Opinion Watch: Reconsidering the conventional wisdom about Ohio; Bush's Hispanic support headed downward; It's still a Roe v. Wade Country.

Comparing the Bush and Reagan Eras

Posted on Dec 2, 2004, Source: The Center for American Progress and The Century Foundation

Public Opinion Watch: The votes for Bush and Reagan's incumbent campaigns don't compare well; Bush is not due an election honeymoon; did fast-growing counties help Dubya in the election?

44 Percent of Hispanics Voted for Bush?

Posted on Nov 24, 2004, Source: The Center for American Progress and The Century Foundation

Public Opinion Watch: Dig a little and you'll see that the evidence doesn't point to Bush getting 44 percent of the Hispanic vote.

With Exit Polls: President Dukakis

Posted on Nov 17, 2004, Source: The Center for American Progress and The Century Foundation

Exit polls have always drawn samples that are off the real world results and have always had to be corrected (weighted) to eliminate bias. According to the unweighted exit polls of the past, we would have had Presidents Dukakis and Gore.

Cultural Alien

Posted on Nov 11, 2004, Source: The Center for American Progress and The Century Foundation

Public Opinion Watch: Kerry got killed by the white working class; a majority of voters never even trusted Kerry on the economy; cultural alienation played a big part in the loss.

Gallup's Racially Biased Polls

Posted on Oct 27, 2004, Source: The Center for American Progress and The Century Foundation

Public Opinion Watch: Gallup's methods don't weight race very well; tracking polls aren't worth tracking; Kerry has huge leads among new and young voters.

Bad Gallup! No Biscuit!

Posted on Oct 19, 2004, Source: The Center for American Progress and The Century Foundation

Public Opinion Watch: How Gallup got it wrong, Kerry and Bush tied in the major polls, a note on Nader, and a final verdict on the debates.

The Race Has Changed

Posted on Oct 13, 2004, Source: The Center for American Progress and The Century Foundation

Public Opinion Watch: After the debates the central dynamics of the presidential election have changed – and Kerry is much better off for it.

On Moms and Latinos

Posted on Sep 30, 2004, Source: The Center for American Progress and The Century Foundation

Public Opinion Watch: Security Moms are a dud after all; Democrats need a clear agenda for the Latino vote.

Decoding the National Polls

Posted on Sep 23, 2004, Source: The Center for American Progress and The Century Foundation

In this edition of Public Opinion Watch: The misleading numbers of the Gallup and New York times polls are explained. Also, persuadable voters have still not been persuaded.

Public Opinion Watch: Labor Day Leads

Posted on Sep 16, 2004, Source: The Center for American Progress and The Century Foundation

Featured this week: Why the race is much closer than people think; Labor Day leads and possible election outcomes this year.

A Bounce in Bush's Step?

Posted on Sep 9, 2004, Source: The Center for American Progress and The Century Foundation

Did the convention really deliver a bounce for Bush? This week's Public Opinion Watch analyzes how likely voter polling works.

Public Opinion Watch: August 2-29

Posted on Sep 2, 2004, Source: The Center for American Progress and The Century Foundation

Did the Swift Boat attacks really hurt Kerry? Do voters think the economy is in good shape? The mess and mystery of election polling for 2004 gets explained.

Deciphering the Democrats' Debacle

Posted on May 1, 2003, Source: Washington Monthly

Why the Republican majority (probably) won't last.
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