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Title
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Room
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* ! Election 2000: Statistical Issues in Choosing a President
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H-Grand Ballroom C
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Date / Time
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Sponsor
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Type
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08/06/2001
8:30 AM
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10:20 AM
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Social Statistics Section*, Section on Survey Research Methods*, Section on Government Statistics*
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Topic Contributed
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Organizer:
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Clyde Tucker, Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Chair:
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Warren Mitofsky, Mitofsky International
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Discussant:
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Floor Discussion
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10:15 AM
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Description
In the 2000 U.S. Presidential election, issues about projecting and counting the vote were highly salient. Projections based on preliminary data may have affected the behavior of voters as well as the public perception of the outcome during the period when the count had not yet been resolved. Furthermore, methods for conducting and evaluating the ballot count were contested up to the Supreme Court, leaving unresolved the question of how this properly should be done. In this panel, experts
from survey organizations and government agencies who have been involved with various facets of this controversy discuss the issues and their implications for this and future elections.
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