NJ Spotlight News | NJ to lose prominent political poll
Ashley Koning runs the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling, now one of just two polling institutes left in the state.
“Polls are really an integral part of the small democratic process,” she said. “We’re able to representatively present the voices of the public … back to policy makers and to the press, and that’s an integral part of this society that we live in.”
Montana Free Press | Montana Free Press publishes first of three public opinion polls
So much of the work we do at Montana Free Press relies on good data. But for too long now, Montanans have lacked a reliable, Montana-based measure of public opinion on the issues shaping our state. National polls often fail to capture Montanans’ nuanced perspectives, and election-season horse race surveys tend to prioritize forecasting political outcomes over deeper questions about public concerns.
To address this gap in understanding public attitudes, MTFP, in partnership with the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling at Rutgers University, launched a statewide public opinion poll. We’re calling it Montana Insights, and we anticipate it will be the first of three public interest surveys we conduct throughout the year. |