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Kathleen Frankovic

Consultant at YouGov

Kathy Frankovic is the former Director of Surveys for CBS News and is currently an election and polling consultant for YouGov and other organisations. She is one of the world’s leading experts in public opinion polling. She has been an election and polling consultant for CBS News and other research organizations.

She speaks and writes internationally about public opinion research, journalism and elections as an invited speaker in places as diverse as Italy, Jordan, Hong Kong, Manila, Mexico, Lisbon, Chile and India. In 2009 she retired after more than 30 years at CBS News.

She retired from full-time work at CBS News in 2009, and since then has consulted for CBS News, Harvard University, the Pew Research Center, Open Society Foundations and YouGov. She sits on the ESOMAR Professional Standards Committee and is an active member of both the World Association for Public Opinion Research and the American Association for Public Opinion Research.

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THE US PRE-ELECTION POLLS

8 min read

3 December

in Opinions

by Kathleen Frankovic

Here we go again. Commentary on the 2024 pro-election polls reveals some truths about American politics and polls, but also exposes the ups and downs of poll misunderstandings – as well as some very real issues with American elections.