POP: Public Opinion Podcast American Association for Public Opinion Research

Pollsters are facing a precarious landscape when it comes to assessing public opinion in 2024, especially as the horse race between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump draws near. In this episode, host Ashley Koning, PhD, Director of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling speaks with Don Levy, PhD, Director of the Siena College Research Institute, about issues at hand, ranging from rock bottom response rates to polls, hyper partisanship and polarization, fatigued voters, and a redux of the 2020 presidential election.
 
Host: Ashley Koning, PhD, Assistant Research Professor, Director, Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Guest: Don P. Levy, PhD, Director, Siena College Research Institute
Technical Producer and Editor: Erin Spain, MS, Studio Spain Media Group, LLC

One of the newest AAPOR Affinity Groups is dedicated to establishment surveys, those surveys where the unit of collection is not a household or individual, but rather an institution, like a hospital, school, or business, or some other non-human entity. An important example of this survey is the U.S. Census Bureau’s  Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES). In this episode, two of the driving forces behind the AIES discuss the challenges and preparations involved in implementing the survey, as well as its potential impact on economic data collection.
 
Host: Melissa A. Cidade, PhD, Survey Methodologist, Economy-Wide Statistics Division, Office of the Division Chief, U.S. Census Bureau
Guests: Lisa Endy Donaldson,  Division Chief, Economy-Wide Statistics Division; Acting Chief, Economic Management Division, U.S. Census Bureau
Heidi St.Onge, Annual Content Determination Lead for Economic Programs, Office of the Associate Director for Economic Programs, U.S. Census Bureau

Data quality and metrics for online samples is a hot topic in the field of public opinion and survey research. AAPOR recently released a publicly available report on this topic focused on how online panels and samples are used, drawn, maintained and more. On this episode of POP, the Public Opinion Podcast, contributors to the report discuss its details and tackle questions practitioners should think about as they start using these types of sample sources.
 
Host: Cameron McPhee, SSRS Chief Methodologist
Guests: Paul Scanlon, Senior methodologist, National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Andrew Mercer, Senior Research Methodologist, Pew Research Center
Executive Producer: Yazmín García Trejo, PhD, Social Science Researcher at U.S. Census Bureau
Technical Producer and Editor: Erin Spain, MS, Studio Spain Media Group, LLC

On this episode of POP, the Public Opinion Podcast, we talk about a 2022 special issue of Public Opinion Quarterly titled:  “Race, Justice, and Public Opinion” with the issue’s editors, David C. Wilson, PhD and Maria Krysan, PhD. Wilson and Krysan are scholars of race and public opinion and discuss the special issue which examines the history of public opinion and race and asks the question: Are scholars and practitioners of survey research and polling doing enough to understand and include the voices and relevant material of those who disproportionately face ongoing injustices?
Host: Natalie Jackson, PhD, Director of Research at Public Religion Research Institute,
Guests: David C. Wilson, PhD, Dean of the Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy and Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley
Maria Krysan, PhD,  Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Executive Producer: Yazmín García Trejo, PhD, Social Science Researcher at U.S. Census Bureau
Technical Producer and Editor: Erin Spain, MS, Studio Spain Media Group, LLC
 For more information visit: aapor.org

On the first episode of POP, the Public Opinion Podcast, we tackle an issue that's had an incredible impact on the study of public opinion: technological advances. From landline phones in the latter part of the 20th century to online-based methods of today, three AAPOR members and industry experts discuss the opportunities and challenges fast-changing technology poses.
Host: Natalie Jackson, PhD, Director of Research at Public Religion Research Institute
Guests: Courtney Kennedy, Vice President of Methods and Innovation at Pew Research Center
Jennifer Agiesta, Director of Polling and Election Analytics at CNN
For more information visit: aapor.org