Career Up Now Podcast: Interview with Adam Probolsky
Bradley Caro Cook did a great job interviewing Probolsky Research president Adam Probolsky. They talked about great advice for mentors and mentees and career advancement.
Listen on Apple Podcast here:
Adam Probolsky Talks About Building a Poll for Actionable Results
Earlier this week Adam Probolsky spoke with Shane Greer, co-publisher at Campaigns and Elections, on building a poll that yields actionable results. You can watch it here:
How to Build a Poll that Gives You Actionable Results
How to build a poll that gives you actionable results. Adam Probolsky of Probolsky Research talks with C&E's Shane Greer
Posted by Campaigns & Elections on Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Florida Voters Talk About Offshore Drilling
You can watch this Public Listening Tool™ developed by Probolsky Research that shows how Floridians talk about the proposal to ban off shore drilling through a state constitutional amendment.
As you listen and watch, you will see the party affiliation and location of each voter in addition to their comments displayed on the screen.
Southern California Water Utilities Association Presentation
Adam Probolsky spoke to the Southern California Water Utilities Association today. The topic: the role of public opinion research in communicating with customers and the public. He shared the results of our most recent national polling on how to best connect with the public.
This includes determining the best:
- Message
- Messenger
- Medium
Here’e some video from the presentation:
Adam also did his best to assuage the audience of the decades-long notion that engineers are bad communicators. He encouraged water leaders to have their agencies weigh in to relevant social media conversations.
You can view the presentation here.
NRA Losing Ground Among Younger Members Who Support Banning Semi-automatic AR-15 Rifles
In the wake of the Parkland, Florida school attack last week, we launched a national poll to identify the sentiments of NRA members and those living in a household with an NRA member. The results suggest a shift among younger NRA members. While overall 57% of NRA members say they oppose banning AR-15 semi-automatic rifles, that number is just 38% among 18-24 year old’s in NRA households.
Combining support for the ban and those who are unsure in this age category totals 62%. While pro-gun American households are clearly against further controls on assault-style weapons, even in the face of seventeen deaths at the hand of a teen with this type of gun at a high school in Florida, there is a demographic shift coming.
These numbers suggest that the NRA is losing the battle among younger American gun owners and those living in member households.
Watch the media make celebrities out the student survivors of the Parkland attack. This trend will likely continue and make it harder to politicians to ignore their plea for change.
Some notes about methodology: We surveyed 3,192 U.S. adults in an online poll from February 14 -17, 2018. The overall margin of error is +/-1.8%. Among all respondents, 12% self-identified as NRA members or living in a household with an NRA member. We asked those 12% how they felt about banning the sale of assault-style weapons like the AR-15. We did not ask about making them illegal to possess – just about the sale of these guns.
Debut of our First National Public Listening Tool™ Among Voters: Watch and Listen
The Probolsky Research Public Listening Tool™ is unique in that it not only affords us the chance to hear how voters talk about a subject matter, but it also gives us the opportunity to learn how they relate to it.
In this episode, you can watch and listen to U.S. voters from across the country discuss President Trump’s proposed military parade in DC.
We clearly note each respondents political party, their position on the military parade, and where they live.
One-third of Americans Say NO! to Political Consultants in the Family
Are political consultants so reviled that families will shun their children that choose the profession? It turns out yes, some will, but more would say, “congratulations.”
This week we feature the results of a new survey. We asked U.S. adults: “If your child or someone close to you became a political consultant, how would you react?”
Older Americans 65+ are most likely to congratulate their kinfolk upon becoming a political consultant. We didn’t ask why, but we suspect it’s because they are just happy they have a job.
So go ahead and join the ranks of the feast and famine class. Join with caution however, since there is a big risk of being shunned, but a better chance you will get a pat on the back, especially from grandma and grandpa.
On the bright side, a full 1/4 of Americans don’t know what a political consultant is, so you can tell them it is a kind of engineer, or psychologist.
This online survey of 1,024 U.S. adults was conducted from February 2-5, 2018 and has a margin of error of +/-3.2%.
U.S. and UK Give Trump Poor Ratings for Davos Performance
Our latest survey shows results among adults in the U.S. and the United Kingdom on President Trump’s performance at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week.
We ran dual UK and U.S. national polls to see how the numbers differed. As you can see, Trump gets higher ratings inside the U.S., but not by much.
U.S. Results:
UK Results:
The questions asked in each country were slightly different:
U.S Question:Â How would you rate President Donald Trump‘s performance at the Davos World Economic Forum Annual Meeting this week?
UK Question: How would you rate U.S. President Donald Trump‘s performance at the Davos World Economic Forum Annual Meeting this week?
This online survey of adults was conducted from January 25 – 29, 2018 (1,172 United States +/-2.9% Margin of Error, 1,304Â United Kingdom +/-2.8 Margin of Error).
Probolsky Research is a U.S.-based market and opinion research firm.
These poll results are offered for public interest purposes and were not paid for or sponsored by any client.
WATCH: CALAFCO Conference 2017 Poll Presentation
We conducted a poll for CALAFCO which represents all 58 California Local Agency Formation Commissions. And presented the findings at their October 25, 2017 in San Diego. The presentation and Q&A took over an hour, but I wanted to give people the chance to watch in less than 10 minutes. Click to watch and listen to the run-through below.
Contact our San Francisco office at 415-870-8150 if you would like more detailed results or a personalized briefing.
Click here for the the presentation posted at the CALAFCO.
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