A Pew Research Center study evaluates three methods for removing bogus respondents from online opt-in polls—trap questions, automated prescreening, and voter file matching—finding that while all modestly improve data quality, none provides a reliable solution and all slightly increase overestimation of Democratic support in the 2024 election.
Visual preference surveys conducted since the 1990s across multiple countries consistently show that over 60 percent of respondents prefer traditional architecture to modernism, contradicting the modernist movement's dominance since the 1950s. This preference remains remarkably consistent across age, gender, politics, and nationality, suggesting substantial public discontent with dominant modern architectural trends.