Registration for the annual conference includes a one-year membership in PAPOR.

Program (schedule)

Elections will be a major focus at the 2006 PAPOR meeting, starting with a Thursday afternoon session on the Western battleground states. Pollsters from Mexico will join U.S. discussants in analyzing the controversial Mexican election. A discussion of the 2006 national midterm election will highlight Friday morning, along with a panel discussing methodological issues in survey research. Immigration and minority political issues will be a panel focus Friday afternoon.

Short Course: Multidimensional Scaling

William G. Jacoby of Michigan State University will present an afternoon short course about multidimensional scaling, a research tool ideally suited for data obtained from public opinion surveys. Registration for the short course is discounted with conference registration.

Hotel

This year's meeting will be at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, a landmark at San Francisco's Union Square since 1928. Hotel reservations for PAPOR 2006 can be made by contacting the hotel directly at 800-227-5480 before November 16, 2006. To obtain the contracted rate of $139 per night (single or double occupancy, plus taxes), attendees should mention the PAPOR Annual Conference. The room rate should be available for several nights just prior to and following the conference. The hotel provides complimentary wireless high-speed Internet access in all rooms and restaurants ranging from a coffee shop to an upscale 1930s-style nightclub.