I noticed that the network and cable media did what they called “a new way of reporting” during the election returns yesterday. They gave nearly a minute by minute update of who was winning according to exit polls.  However, if you happened to tune in and had not heard that, it appeared [...]

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The Harvard University Institute of Politics has a one-stop Web site for figuring out how to vote absentee in every state in the U.S.:  Kentucky and U.S.
For absentee voting in Kentucky, you must register to vote absentee by Oct. 28 (that’s different from registering to vote).  If you will be out of town, in your [...]

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Are there places in Lexington that will be broadcasting the upcoming presidential and vice presidential debates for the public to gather?

Both campaigns’ Web sites have searchable databases where you can find a party:
Barak Obama. One of the locations is the Lexington Victorian Square atrium, beginning at 8 p.m.
John McCain. The McCain locations require an [...]

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What is “margin of error”? We see this term used in surveys and political polls quite often. What does it mean and how is it obtained? Whose error?

From a book often used in the Herald-Leader newsroom titled Numbers in the Newsroom:
Most organizations cannot survey an entire population, so they “sample” part [...]

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