PRESS CALL MONDAY: The national USC Dornsife/LA Times Daybreak Poll on Election 2016

On MONDAY, Aug. 8 at 10 a.m. PDT, USC will host a media call regarding the national USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times Daybreak Poll to explain the nightly tracking poll and to answer questions from media.

RSVP to Emily Gersema at gersema@usc.edu or (213) 740-0252.

Call-in numbers:

United States: 1-888-221-9518
International: 1-913-312-0843

Participant Code: 399791

WHAT: A press call to discuss the USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times Daybreak Poll for Election 2016, a probability poll that provides a best estimate of how America plans to vote in the November election. Poll experts will explain the methodology of the unique poll whose results are updated nightly and which reflect any changes in eligible voters’ opinions throughout the race:

• How does a daily probability poll work?
• How do the Daybreak poll’s daily results differ from results released by the standard polls?
• How did poll participants respond to the Republican and Democratic national conventions?
• What are the challenges for Trump and Clinton in the final months of the campaign?

WHEN: Phone conference MONDAY, Aug. 8 at 10 a.m. PDT

WHO: Panelists include:

• Arie Kapteyn, executive director of the USC Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research
• Dan Schnur, director of the USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times Poll and director of the Unruh Institute of Politics of USC
• Jill Darling, survey director for the Understanding America Survey at USC Dornsife’s Center for Economic and Social Research

For more information about the USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times Daybreak Poll, as well as results and methodology, visit election.usc.edu. Prior news releases and results are at dornsife.usc.edu/unruh/poll/.

WEBSITE: http://election.usc.edu
TWITTER: @usclatpoll, @UnruhInstitute and @UAS_CESR

About USC Dornsife’s CESR: The Center for Economic and Social Research is dedicated to discovering how people around the globe live, think, interact, age, invest, and make important, life-changing decisions. CESR’s in-depth research and analysis deepen the understanding of human behavior in a wide range of economic and social contexts. CESR’s ultimate goal: to improve social welfare by informing and influencing decision-making in the public and private sectors. Along the way, CESR is leading a creative revolution in how scientists conduct social science and economic research through the use of innovative technology.

The Understanding America Study at CESR is a panel of 5,000 randomly-selected respondents around the country who answer researchers’ queries approximately twice a month through an online survey. The panelists are all adults, 18 and older.

Surveys conducted for the study are commissioned by researchers, including USC clients, international universities and government researchers who are studying issues such as consumer behavior, social and economic policy and health. Researchers worldwide create the surveys. CESR’s team designs and tests them, and then it sends them to panelists to respond. UAS datasets, including the data from the Daybreak Poll, are freely available to download and use. Contact UAS at uas-l@mymaillists.usc.edu.

About the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics: The institute is dedicated to bridging the academic study of politics with practical experience in the field. The Unruh Institute channels its efforts by offering courses in applied politics, a variety of speaker series, and an extensive political internship program. Its goals are to engage public officials with the USC community and to facilitate discussion of relevant issues across campus.

About USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences: USC Dornsife is the heart of the university. The largest, oldest and most diverse of USC’s 19 schools, it is composed of more than 30 academic departments and dozens of research centers and institutes. USC Dornsife is home to approximately 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students and more than 750 faculty members with expertise across the humanities, social sciences and sciences.

About the Los Angeles Times: The LA Times is the largest metropolitan daily newspaper in the country, with a daily readership of 2 million and 3 million on Sunday, and a combined print and interactive local weekly audience of 4.5 million. The fast-growing latimes.com draws over 10 million unique visitors monthly.

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