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1) Provided by the Museum of the Moving Image, The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2024 is a collection of more than 300 television commercials from every election year since 1952, when televised campaign ads first aired. The site includes a searchable database and a playlist feature, and each selected commercial is accompanied by a list of related ads. The repository has just been updated to include the 2024 election between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, with more than 30 videos from the most recent presidential race (Thematic Networks on the IPSAPortal).
2) In the wake of the US presidential election, the debate about what went wrong with the polls has resurfaced. In particular, the failure of Allan Lichtman's forecasting model has attracted attention. After correctly predicting nine of the last ten US presidential elections, his “13 keys” forecasting model failed to hit the mark. This is not the first time that forecasting shortfalls have fueled debate and renewed calls to improve the tools and methods used to predict election outcomes. For pollsters and researchers alike, the changing context of political competition has put the issue back on the front burner (Media Sources on the IPSAPortal).
3) The artificial intelligence of large language models (LLMs) is also changing the field of research. One of the aspects recently tested concerns how LLMs can support qualitative research, specifically with demanding and costly processes such as interviews. In this respect, new tools, such as Prolific, can act as an interviewer and interact with human respondents recruited through a standard online platform, thereby offering the option to conduct interviews at scale. On the academic side, two researchers from LSE, among others, propose a user-friendly platform for conducting large-scale qualitative interviews, presenting initial insights and sharing access keys (Research Institutes on the IPSAPortal).
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