Interviews - Scott Keeter, Pew Research Center - January 24, 2007

     Scott Keeter is director of survey research for the Pew Research Center in Washington, DC. His published work includes books on political participation and civic engagement, religion and politics, public opinion, and American elections, along with articles and book chapters on survey methodology, political communications, and health care topics. He has taught at George Mason University, Rutgers University and Virginia Commonwealth University. Since 1980 Keeter has been an election night analyst of exit polls for NBC News, and has served as Standards Chair for the American Association for Public Opinion Research.

     Scott Keeter joined us to discuss overnight polling for President Bush's state of the union address, as well as how much these addresses can and have affected public opinion of a president in general.