Public Opinion Analytics Lab (POAL)
@poalab.bsky.social
An academic collaboration between University of Reading, London School of Economics, and University of Southampton, designed to advance the research, teaching, and practice of public opinion and political behaviour measurement and analysis
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May 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
4. One of the biggest challenges in survey research has always been panel quality. The AI boom is turbo-charging this problem: bot-detection pipelines are currently holding up, but the fear is that AI bots may get significantly better.
May 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
4. One of the biggest challenges in survey research has always been panel quality. The AI boom is turbo-charging this problem: bot-detection pipelines are currently holding up, but the fear is that AI bots may get significantly better.
3. Polling already struggles to capture minority voices—AI imputation could make it worse by flattening variation.
May 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
3. Polling already struggles to capture minority voices—AI imputation could make it worse by flattening variation.
2. Strong partisan identities are harming inclusive representation as they lead to differential perceptions — women perceive politics as much more hostile, which leads to them being more likely to drop out of politics.
May 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
2. Strong partisan identities are harming inclusive representation as they lead to differential perceptions — women perceive politics as much more hostile, which leads to them being more likely to drop out of politics.
1. AI could transform public opinion research — from enabling dynamic surveys and large-N qualitative interviews, to improving imputation via synthetic data. But non-reproducibility and the potential for fraud are still big risks.
May 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
1. AI could transform public opinion research — from enabling dynamic surveys and large-N qualitative interviews, to improving imputation via synthetic data. But non-reproducibility and the potential for fraud are still big risks.