About Those Iran Polls - Behind the Numbers

Public opinion surveys are central to the Iranian opposition's argument that the elections there were rigged for incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: they cite unspecified polls showing the main challenger, Mir Hossein Mousavi with a "strong lead in the final days of the campaign," according to the New York Times. Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
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by Dwight Rousu - Jun. 20, 2009

This is good news analysis, going behind the summary data in the poll quoted in the WaPo. Again, it is not conclusive, but cautionary about jumping to conclusions.

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