Our latest ABC News/Washington Post poll was widely covered this week. Beyond ABC and the Post, results of the survey were reported by The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, CBS News, The Atlantic, The Hill and many others.

Research Analyst Gregory Holyk has been published in a pair of peer-reviewed academic journals this summer, contributing the article “Paper Tiger: Chinese Soft Power in East Asia” to the summer 2011 issue of Political Science Quarterly, and “Individual-Level Predictors of Leader and Public Support for the Use of Force” to the summer 2011 issue of the International Journal of Public Opinion Research. Holyk also contributed a chapter on “Asian Perceptions of American Soft Power,” co-authored with Marshall Bouton, to an edited volume entitled “Public Diplomacy and Soft Power in East Asia,” and a chapter to the “Oxford Handbook of American Public Opinion and Media,” co-authored with Doris Graber, on “The News Industry.” The edited volumes were published in March and June, respectively.

We’re quoted this week by Media Matters on misguided criticism of a recent CBS News poll, and by Markos Moulitsas in a misguided paean to robo-polls.

Gary Langer shared a news Emmy nomination today with a group of ABC News producers, analysts and correspondents responsible for “Vote 2010,” ABC’s 2010 election-night coverage. The nomination, for Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story, is Langer’s ninth since 2004. Langer directed ABC’s election-night Analysis Desk, analyzing and reporting on exit poll results. The 2010 analysis team included Mollyann Brodie, Claudia Deane, Rich Morin, Patrick Moynihan, Julie Phelan, David Tully and Darya Isham.

Health Affairs magazine posted an item today covering the Washington, D.C., presentation of our survey of low-income Californians for Blue Shield of California Foundation (see item below). See also this commentary on our BSCF survey by Dr. Ricky Choi, a CCHC physician in Oakland, Ca., published July 21 on SFGate, the San Francisco Chronicle website.

Blue Shield of California Foundation today released an extensive statewide survey by Langer Research Associates measuring the healthcare preferences of low-income Californians. BSCF’s news release introduced our highly detailed, 120-page report as follows:

“With the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, millions of low-income Californians will have access to coverage through Medi-Cal expansion or through the newly created Health Benefits Exchange. Little is known about what this population needs or wants as they become integrated into the healthcare delivery system as individuals with health insurance. A new Blue Shield of California Foundation statewide survey of low-income adults provides fresh insights into how Californians below 200 percent of the federal poverty level might take advantage of the health coverage expansion provided through national health reform. The results of this study, conducted by Langer Research Associates, have major implications for how community clinics and other safety net providers adapt to meet this population’s expectation of improved coverage, greater choice, and better quality.”

See the full study here.

Gary Langer participated in a panel discussion of the June 13 New Hampshire debate among Republican presidential candidates on the Public Radio International program “To the Point” with Warren Olney; hear it here.

Our latest ABC News/Washington Post poll was covered this week by numerous media outlets and publications including the National Journal, Politico, Huffington Post, PBS, Fox News, Bloomberg, NPR and The Telegraph.

At the annual conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research this week we’re giving a paper by Julie E. Phelan and Gary Langer on the concurrent and predictive validity of the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index, as well as presentations on the 2010 midterm elections and public opinion in Yemen. Gary Langer also served as moderator of the conference’s plenary session on immigration, with panelists Henry Cisneros, former HUD secretary and mayor of San Antonio; Prof. Rodolpho de la Garza of Columbia University; and Frank Newport of the Gallup Organization.

For our take on the meaning behind the “birther” controversy, see coverage in the Atlantic and on Public Radio International’s“To the Point” with Warren Olney.