Roper Roundtable events bring together data users and thought leaders to explore how public opinion research can inform today’s most pressing questions.
Roper Roundtables
Past Roper Roundtables
Evolution of Election Night Analysis and Projections
October 25, 2025
Murray Edelman and Joe Lenski, the 2025 winners of the Warren J. Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research, shared the current methods for exit poll results and projections and how they've evolved since 1967, along with their personal stories and challenges as the people who designed them.
Exploring the Most Important Problem Dataset
May 7, 2025
Laron Williams, Frederick A. Middlebush Chair of Political Science at the University of Missouri’s Truman School of Government and Public Affairs, discussed the second release of the Most Important Problem Dataset (MIPD), a valuable resource for researchers analyzing public opinion on the nation's most pressing issues.