Election 2016 Social Desirability Bias / Trump Shaming: Obama Approval Rating Social Desirability Bias influences politics in many ways. Though ‘Trump Shaming’ has received the most attention, this issue as it relates to politics is much larger. It directly impacts support for the different political parties, policies, and politicians to a […]
Summary: Social Desirability Bias, Election 2016
Election 2016 Social Desirability Bias / Overview: Summarized Findings The conditions are ripe for people to feel social pressure to vote a certain socially desirable way. Americans do not appear to be actually changing who they vote for, simply changing who they say they will vote for when in front of other […]
Problems with the Current Election Analysis: Summary
Election 2016 Problems with the Current Election Analysis: Summary Election analysis concerning the 2016 US Presidential race is truly awful. This series of posts will discuss this topic and of course how to improve upon it. There are many issues and problems with the current US presidential analysis. Highlighting some of […]
Media’s Voting Record
Election 2016 Social Desirability Bias / Media Bias: Media’s Voting Record As explained elsewhere, the national media play a central role in setting the tone for political discourse. Certainly, it is the transference mechanism that can most effectively show the general public which parties, candidates, and policies should be considered socially acceptable. […]
Media Bias, Social Desirability Bias
Election 2016 Social Desirability Bias / Overview: Is the Media really Biased? In order for people to feel that an answer in a survey or poll is not socially acceptable, there needs to be a transference mechanism from which they ‘learn’ the standard for socially acceptable responses. For national political campaigns, the […]
Conditions Ripe for Social Desirability Bias
Election 2016 Social Desirability Bias / Overview: Conditions Ripe for Social Desirability Bias Poll bias is alive and well. Different polls should show more or less similar results if there is no bias involved. If polls begin to vary considerably for an apparent inexplicable reason, more research is needed to understand why. […]
Counter Arguments
Election 2016 Intro: Counter Arguments and Potential Weaknesses As a general disclaimer, some weaknesses with the general analysis should be highlighted: 1. Media Bias and Social Desirability Bias – these go hand-in-hand when it comes to national political campaigns so if you disregard an inherent media bias that is weighted against […]