Natalie Jackson

Survey researcher since 2006. Political science PhD, Duke post-doc, Marist Poll, election poll aggregating & forecasting at HuffPost, managed research teams & polling ops at JUST Capital and PRRI. Now a freelance research consultant (as of 3/31/23).

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Herding Cats & Polls

By Natalie Jackson

Exploring how politicians, the mass public, and cats are alike: They're all fickle, doing whatever suits them regardless of whether it makes sense, making life difficult for those who want to analyze them.