Inside the minds of voters
An MIT political scientist proposes a new polling method to reveal how voters make choices at the ballot box.
Nate Silver presents forecasting work as antidote to ‘terrible’ political pundits
In MIT talk, celebrated election forecaster offers critique of media, advice to students and hints about his future projects.
3 Questions: Charles Stewart ranks the voting systems in the 50 states
A new Pew Center project, spurred by MIT research, studies how well states run their elections.
Explained: Margin of error
When you hear poll results reported with a certain margin of error, that’s only part of the story.