2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary's Poll numbers in free fall [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)They provide services to other agencies (Pew, Harvard University, Expedia, etc), but they don't control the poll construct when they are hired to perform said services. They simply provide their "Knowledge Panel" which is an internet-based set of random respondents.
AP-GfK is a very specific subsidiary, and they perform poorly when it comes to polling. I would guess this is because they (and by they, I mean AP) frame their questions poorly.
If he meant AP-GfK, which is a very specific association, he would have said so.
See--here's an example of GfK group working with Harvard University on a youth polling initiative: http://www.iop.harvard.edu/april-29-2015-no-front-runner-among-prospective-republican-candidates-hillary-clinton-control
Here they are pairing w/the American Jewish Committee: http://www.jewishdatabank.org/studies/details.cfm?StudyID=755
A poll is only as good as the questions asked. I'm betting AP tends to push-poll...that's what Karl Rove did, and that's why he thought Romney had Ohio in the bag.